Hot topic: psychiatry experts grapple with whether to classify parental alienation as disorder

Psychiatric experts assess parental alienation

New health law ends out-of-pocket costs for many preventive services

Health law brings preventive care without copays

Study finds more evidence that obesity is expensive, with work costs adding to health bills

Report: Obesity hurts your wallet and your health

Whooping cough in California has infected 4,000 and killed 9; infections continue to rise

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CDC: Overall toddler vaccination rates are good, but a decline in measles shots a concern

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WHO cuts global estimate for maternal deaths, says 1,000 still die every day

WHO cuts global estimate for maternal deaths

First lady asks restaurants to provide healthy options for kids and easier choices for parents

First lady asks restaurants to serve healthy foods

Montana family travels to Seattle for son’s chemotherapy treatments, gets truck stolen

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Johnson & Johnson giving $200M to boost health of women, children in poor countries

J&J giving $200 million for health of women, kids

Feds: Barbados woman can stay in US with daughter being treated for rare form of cancer

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Doctor says young ‘Lion King’ Broadway actress in great spirits after transplant

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Ailing 11-year-old ‘Lion King’ Broadway actress gets potentially lifesaving blood transplant

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Young, ailing ‘Lion King’ Broadway actress to get potentially lifesaving transplant

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Young, ailing ‘Lion King’ Broadway actress to get potentially lifesaving surgery

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US doctors told to avoid 1 flu shot brand for kids because of fever, convulsions in Australia

Docs told to avoid 1 flu shot brand for small kids

Overeating for 2 could create a baby more likely to be obese and have later health problems

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‘Lion King’ cast and crew hold donor drive at Broadway theater for ailing 11-year-old actress

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Broadway to hold bone marrow donor drive for 11-year-old ‘Lion King’ star with leukemia

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Test-tube kids face higher cancer risk, first big study says, but not likely due to procedure

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385 sign up in NYC at bone marrow drive 11-year-old ‘Lion King’ star with leukemia

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First lady Michelle Obama says she tries to talk about health, not weight with Malia, Sasha

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Michelle Obama touts childhood obesity initiative at NAACP national convention

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Poll: Professionals working with children say whites have more opportunities than minorities

Poll: Fewer opportunities seen for minority kids

Police: 2 horses become uncontrollable during Iowa July Fourth parade, injuring 24 people

Horses take off, injure 24 people at Iowa parade

UK minister rejects celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s approach to school food

Minister rejects Jamie Oliver approach to health

Michelle Obama to discuss childhood obesity at NAACP annual convention July 12 in Kansas City

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As need increases, fewer hungry children getting free summer meals

Fewer hungry children getting free summer meals

First Lady gets physical; Obama stresses importance of exercise to school children

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Study: Kids whose moms lived near cell-phone towers in pregnancy don’t have more cancer risk

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Child mortality rates up in 6 African nations despite UN Millennium Development Goals push

Child mortality rates up in Africa despite UN push

Calif. teen healthy, weary after rescue from crippled sailboat adrift 3 days in Indian Ocean

CA teen sailor healthy, weary after 3 days adrift

Parents say Calif. teen healthy after rescue from crippled sailboat adrift in Indian Ocean

Parents: Teen sailor healthy after 3 days adrift

Gates foundation pledges $1.5 billion over 5 years on maternal health programs abroad

Gates to spend $1.5 billion on women’s health

Study: Bangladeshi kids who lose a mom more likely to die; dad’s death shows no difference

Bangladesh kids who lose mother more likely to die

Dirt-poor Mississippi Delta finds rural health care model in Iran, where far fewer infants die

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Autistic children abused in Pa. classroom to get $5 million to settle federal lawsuit

Autistic kids abused in Pa. classroom to get $5M

US survey shows just 1 in 5 kids live within half-mile of parks, making exercise a challenge

Exercise limits: Just 1 in 5 kids live near parks

Michelle Obama exercises her way around South Lawn, announces summer exercise series for kids

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Medco Health Solutions report points to big increase in child prescription drug use, spending

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Study suggests pesticides in foods may contribute to attention-deficit disorder in kids

Research links pesticides with ADHD in children

Federal panel urges breast-feeding and healthy pregnancy weight to help control child obesity

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Head of emergency medical services in nation’s capital undertakes change after toddler’s death

DC bids to improve EMS after girl’s death in Feb.

States fall short of childhood obesity goals, but slimmer West beats heavier South

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Albuquerque woman alleges human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil injured teenage daughter

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Children malnourished in Ivory Coast because of inflated food prices, civil war legacy

Child malnutrition hits Ivory Coast despite food

CDC: Record number of Americans got seasonal flu shots; fear of swine flu contributed

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Sierra Leone offers free health care to mothers and children to offset high mortality rates

Sierra Leone: free health care to mother and child

HEALTHBEAT: How trauma doctors got creative to save teen from usually deadly gunshot wound

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