Quiz: Do You Know How to Cope With Job Stress?
Whether you’re at the top of the career ladder or a few rungs down, chances are you’ve felt some stress on the job. In a survey reported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 40 percent of Americans said their jobs were “very o…
Learn MoreQuiz: Do You Know How to Protect Your Child From Poisoning?
The houseplant in the living room, the medicines in the bathroom, the cleaners in the kitchen — just about every room in the house can contain a poison. Do you know which common household items could endanger your child’s life? Take this short multip…
Learn MoreChildren and Cancer
What causes cancer in children?When a child develops cancer, everyone has the same question: Why? In most cases, there is no obvious explanation. Cells in the body sometimes make mistakes when copying themselves, and some of those mistakes can turn in…
Learn MoreKids and Guns
Guns in the home would be 100 percent safe for kids — if the guns were always unloaded, locked away, and never touched. But as soon as a bullet enters the chamber and a hand nears the trigger, guns become a serious hazard to children. According to th…
Learn MoreChildproofing Your Home
How can I make my home safe for my child?Parents worry endlessly about how to protect their children from everything — from ill-intentioned strangers to random bullets and stray dogs — but many overlook one of the biggest threats to their children’s…
Learn MoreWhooping Cough (Pertussis)
Whooping cough (pertussis) is a disease that should be rare by now. We’ve had an effective vaccine against whooping cough for decades, but the illness continues to thrive. An unusual whooping cough outbreak in California in 2010, for example, sickened…
Learn MoreConstipation in Children
How can I tell whether my child is constipated? Don’t gauge it by how many trips your child makes to the toilet. Some children need to move their bowels twice a day; others go only once every two or three days. Unless four or more days have passed sin…
Learn MoreTeen Crusaders
Ray Lader used to be an ideal customer for the tobacco companies: He was 12 years old, loyal to his brand, and addicted. But within a few years, he turned into a major thorn in their side. Like thousands of other youth in Florida, Lader became an acti…
Learn MoreThe Sedentary Bunch
Ever wonder where kids get so much energy? Today’s typical 5-year-old eats almost 600,000 calories each year — that’s a lot of fuel for a small body. These vast reserves of energy come in handy for games of freeze tag and neighborhood bike races. But…
Learn MoreDaycare Workers
Theresa Quillen, a day-care worker for the last 20 years in Philadelphia, deeply loves children — even the one who sent her to the hospital.
The 3-year-old boy didn’t mean to hurt her. He just happened to be standing around when another 3-year-old wa…