The Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 addresses only the children who fail a vision screening. Unfortunately, this bill does not address the true problem--the vision screening system and its substitution for eye examinations. From Janet's Journal blog.

Kangaroos may provide the key to a potential treatment to prevent skin cancer, Australian scientists said on Monday.

If a home water heater is set too high, running hot water can be dangerous for young children.

When Melloney Poole awoke from her breast cancer operation, doctors delivered the good news that her cancer had not spread. Melloney felt reassured.

When Ruby Holmes was 12 she started to binge eat and purge her food - she was being bullied. Ruby did not know who to ask for help..

WASHINGTON - A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office confirms some costly concerns regarding the collection of third-party payments owed to the IHS by insurers. Some tribal affairs experts say IHS' laxity has ended up shortchanging ...

Memorial Sloan-Kettering. - The cancer patient racked them up and broke. Clackety-clack. Seven ball in the corner pocket. Five ball in the side.

In hopes of providing alternatives to incarceration, Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones and other officials traveled here last week to tour a former Flav-O-Rich dairy where drug offenders are treated and put to work.

US scientists are testing a radical new theory that multiple sclerosis (MS) is caused by blockages in the veins that drain the brain.

One was a middle-aged man who refused to get into the shower. The other was a teenager who was afraid to get out.