According to a study by Swedish researchers, children who are chronically ill are much more likely than healthy children to be victims of physical abuse.

Cleaning, dressing, draining and caring for wounds may be more important the choice of antibiotic given to children, according to a new study.

According to a recent study, kids who live in urban public housing spend more time playing outside than other urban children.

Asthma, accidents and other health problems are more likely to plague children of working mothers, according to new research from North Carolina State University.

Children who grow up poor and with a certain variant of a serotonin transporter gene are more likely to exhibit psychopathic behavior, according to a University of Illinois study.

Elementary school children who don't like fruits and vegetables are 13 times more likely to suffer from functional constipation than those who do, according to a new study.

Neglect, physical and sexual abuse is more than 25 percent higher among deaf and hard-of-hearing children compared to hearing youths.

According to a new study from the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ), medications for attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) do not appear to cause genetic damage.

Children as young as three years old have a sense of what's fair, according to a new study from Harvard University.

Youth offenders may have a higher proportional rate of traumatic brain injury (TBI) than the general population, according to a new study from the University of Exeter's School of Psychology.