Reuters - Women who took medication to treat herpes infections during pregnancy weren't more likely to have a baby with birth defects than women who didn't take these drugs in a study of over 800,000 babies born in Denmark.

AFP - Finland's National Institute for Health and Wefare recommended Tuesday halting the use of the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine until a probe into a possible link to narcolepsy among children is concluded.

Reuters - Children whose mothers were exposed to certain types of pesticides while pregnant were more likely to have attention problems as they grew up, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

Reuters - Taking high doses of vitamins C and E during pregnancy may not change a woman's risk of preterm delivery, according to a new study.

LiveScience.com - Five years after Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast, the impact of the disaster continues to take a psychological toll on children, according to a new study.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Young children raised in a household where one or both parents are aggressive or violent toward each other are more likely to be spanked, new research shows.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- What activity involves careening down hills at high speeds without protective gear or brakes?

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Young children raised in a household where one or both parents are aggressive or violent toward each other are more likely to be spanked, new research shows.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- What activity involves careening down hills at high speeds without protective gear or brakes?

AP - A startling number of Gulf coast area children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems five years later, a new study found.

Reuters - Violence and psychological abuse between parents often go hand in hand with corporal punishment of their kids, according to a new study.

Reuters - A law intended to speed up development of new drugs for U.S. kids has ended up financing clinical trials in poor countries, where the medicines might never become available.

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Experts used to advise parents to simply sever ties when their children left home to start college, but they now recommend letting go in phases and stages.

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Experts used to advise parents to simply sever ties when their children left home to start college, but they now recommend letting go in phases and stages.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Like so many people, Debra Greene spent much of her childhood out in the sunshine.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News)-- Being bullied in cyberspace and "sexting" are major problems for school-age children, and parents need to be aware of this to protect them, says an expert.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Like so many people, Debra Greene spent much of her childhood out in the sunshine.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News)-- Being bullied in cyberspace and "sexting" are major problems for school-age children, and parents need to be aware of this to protect them, says an expert.

Reuters - While the extent of obesity among kids overall seems to have peaked, it's still climbing among African American and Native American girls, new research from California shows.

LiveScience.com - Kids with a wandering eye are less likely to be invited to birthday parties than their peers with normally aligned eyes, a new study suggests.