Turning your attention to your smartphone may mean paying too little attention to your child's safety on the playground.

There may be help on the way for those who have trouble swallowing pills.

As concern about obesity and health grows, many adults are becoming more informed about nutrition. Children, however, might not be exposed to the healthiest of food products.

Parents of kids with autism may want to opt for a parental training course to help them manage their child's behavior.

The cause of autism remains a mystery, but new evidence may rule out one possible cause — bringing researchers closer to understanding this disorder.

The C-section has become extremely common in the US, but new evidence suggests that this might be dangerous to women and babies in some cases.

Many factors during pregnancy can affect a baby's development. Among those factors may be gestational diabetes, which could affect your baby's neurological development.

Teens often imitate mom, dad and other adults. And it looks as though they may also imitate some of what they see in movies.

Girls may receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to help prevent later cervical cancer. In boys, the vaccine may be important in protecting against another rapidly growing cancer threat.

Dealing with big stressors early in life could affect more than just mental health in kids.