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Doctors Urging for a Safer, Choke-Free Hot Dog, When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous.
September is National Baby Safety Month, so we here at KidGlue want to celebrate by listing the top 10 safety tips to keep our babies safe. After all, we wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for our babies, right? As a mom of three kids, these feel like common sense to me. Except for the fact that some of them were completely foreign concepts when my first child came along. So here’s a gift to you new
The medical journal The Lancet on Tuesday retracted a controversial 1998 paper that linked the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism. The study linked autism with the MMR vaccine. The research had been discredited subsequently. Last week, the study's lead author Dr Andrew Wakefield was found to have acted unethically in conducting the research.
Sites, such as MySpace, Xanga, and Facebook, allow our children to have a personal web presence, but at what cost? Incidents involving Internet crimes against children are being frequently reported in the media. Blogs and social networking sites where people can meet, communicate, and interact are increasing in popularity, creating a perfect place for people who would harm children to identify th
Graco Recalls Strollers After Reports of Finger Amputation , Graco's Children Products Inc. announced Wednesday it is recalling 1.5 million strollers due to fingertip amputation and laceration hazards.
About 635,000 cribs sold at major discounters nationwide have been recalled by Dorel Asia SRL for strangulation and suffocation hazards that killed one child and injured 10 others, the government said Thursday.
There are few things more concerning to parents than SIDS and the possibility that their baby might just stop breathing. New parents frequently check their
A true fever is particularly worrying in the first few months of a baby’s life. That’s because the infant's immune system is immature and not as effective in fighting off infections as it will be after three or four months of living outside the womb. So it’s important to learn how to correctly take your baby’s temperature and understand what signifies a true fever.
A defective gene appears to contribute to most cases of childhood asthma, a finding that could lead to a better understanding of allergies, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
Seen lots of scary news reports about bisphenol A (BPA), a harmful chemical that can leak into plastics? Here are 10 BPA-free sippy cups that your kid can suck on safely, without any fear that weird guck is getting into the moo juice.
