Two studies released this week cast doubt on the benefits of specific vitamins; Empowered Patient asked four experts what they take and why; All four take multivitamins and vitamin D; beyond that, their choices diverge

BOO! It's nearly time for Halloween! Trick-or-treating, wearing costumes, and carving pumpkins are all part of the fun for kids of all ages.

Mothers are casting their votes for healthy babies and asking all Americans to join them in signing the March of Dimes 2008 Petition for Preemies. They're putting public officials -- and all Americans -- on notice that it's time to focus on the growing pr

"The Next Gourmet Burger Kids' Recipe Contest" Cookbook. The new cookbook is filled with tasty kid-invented gourmet burger recipes and important NCMEC Internet safety tips. The cookbook will be sold for $5 online at www.redrobin.com until Aug. 10

Kids neglected before two display higher levels of aggressive behavior between ages 4 and 8. Neglect is failure to provide adequate supervision, or to meet the child's minimum physical needs for food, clothing and shelter. Abuse either physical or sexual.

Nestlé is the target of a boycott because it contributes to the unnecessary death and suffering of infants around the world by aggressively marketing baby foods in breach of international marketing standards.

ELDORADO, Texas - Child welfare officials are scrambling to find foster homes for dozens of girls removed from a secretive West Texas religious retreat built by polygamist leader Warren Jeffs after a 16-year-old living there complained of physical abuse.

Becky and Kevin Hall addressed the media in front of the Deep Creek home where their son, Eric, was living when he disappeared.

A British teenager who recently had his prescription for Ritalin increased committed suicide by hanging himself, it is being reported. Some researchers have said that Ritalin, which is used to combat hyperactivity, can lead to manic or psychotic episodes.

Tough love, they call it. The common American prescription for troubled teens, the too-common precursor to abuse and death.Please sign petition! http://www.petitiononline.com/hr1738/pe tition.html