‘Little House’ star Melissa Gilbert becomes celebrity spokeswoman for anti-drug group

Melissa Gilbert a spokeswoman for anti-drug group

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

Psychiatric experts assess parental alienation

C-section rate likely to keep rising as 1 in 3 first-time moms deliver by surgery

Scientists expect C-section rate to keep rising

Offspring of sperm donors seek changes so they can find their fathers more easily

Sperm-donors’ kids seek more rights and respect

Challenging special-needs cases make up growing share of adoptions from China

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Parents of dying kids in pain say they asked docs to hasten death and physicians complied

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1 in 4 parents believes unproven vaccine-autism link, but most do what doctor says is best

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‘Nothing short of a miracle’: For US Olympic luger Dan Joye, fatherhood adds so much more

Joye’s story already has a happy Olympic ending

Study finds swine flu is a threat to new mothers, not just pregnant women

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Surgeons reportedly extract sewing needles from Brazilian toddler’s heart, lung

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Surgeons begin operation to remove sewing needles near Brazilian toddler’s heart, inside lung

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Parents struggle to find balance between happy and healthy for kids this holiday season

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Baby planners the new wedding planners? New moms hiring help with pre-baby to-do lists

New moms hiring baby planners to help pre-baby

Swine flu and kids: Doctors urge parents to watch for life-threatening warning signs

Swine flu and kids: Heed warning signs, MDs say

CHICAGO — Max Gomez was a bright-eyed 5-year-old happy to have just started kindergarten when he developed sniffles and a fever. His mother figured it was only a cold.

AP Poll: More than a third of parents say they’ll opt out of swine flu vaccine for kids

AP Poll: Third of parents oppose swine flu vaccine

ATLANTA — As the first wave of swine flu vaccine crosses the country, more than a third of parents don’t want their kids vaccinated, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.

Stay-at-home moms more likely to be younger, poorer, foreign-born; Who’s getting a flu shot?

Stay-at-home moms younger, poorer; Flu shots

STAY-AT-HOME MOMS: Move over, June Cleaver. Stay-at-home moms today are more likely to be younger, lower income, Hispanic or foreign born than their working counterparts.

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