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Whether it's screen time, bedtime, purchases or meal options, parents are ceding a lot of the decision-making to children who don't benefit from that amount of autonomy.

Scientists from the National Institutes of Health create a robotic armor that can help children with cerebral palsy walk easier and upright. The technology is the first specifically designed to treat crouch gait in kids with cerebral palsy, they say.

After Hurricane Harvey flooded her city of Houston in August, Jennifer McQuade planned to donate socks.

A Miami private school is offering parents an unusual item for sale: bulletproof panels for their kids' backpacks.

"These things are now unfortunately part of our reality -- our sad reality," said one surgeon.

In the 18 years since Columbine rocked America to its core, the country has seen so many more mass shootings that the attack isn't even among the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history.

Medical marijuana is now legal in 29 states and the District of Columbia. But the law is not quite as black and white regarding marijuana extracts such as cannabidiol. CBD is one of the active ingredients in cannabis, increasingly thought to offer wide-ranging health benefits, with few side effects and little risk of addiction or abuse.

Health care spending in the United States increased by about $933.5 billion between 1996 and 2013, according to an analysis published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA. More than half of this surge was a result of generally higher prices for health care services.

The proposed Republican tax reform bill would repeal the adoption tax credit, leaving many worried that children in need of families will have the most to lose.

Before he slaughtered 26 people in a small town church, Sutherland Springs shooter Devin Kelley had some red flags in his background that, at first glance, might seem like they would have prevented him from obtaining or carrying a gun. While serving in the Air Force, he was court-martialed for assault on his wife and assault on their child. He received a bad conduct discharge some time after.

Smell is a primary human sense, key to our survival.

According to President Donald Trump, the tragic Texas church shooting that left 26 people dead was "a mental health problem at the highest level."

According to President Donald Trump, the tragic Texas church shooting that left 26 people dead was "a mental health problem at the highest level."

The attorney general of Kentucky is suing the maker of the opioid painkiller Opana ER, accusing Endo Pharmaceuticals of fraud and deception that resulted in a sudden spike of overdose deaths.

There's no one commonly accepted definition of a "mass shooting." But whatever criteria you use, the conclusion's the same: There are more mass shootings in the United States than in any other country in the world.

Mass shootings in America are getting deadlier.

In their Atlanta home, 6-month-old Avery giggled and rolled on his piano mat, kicking his tiny feet into the air, while his mother, Crystal King, quietly checked his temperature on her cell phone.

Fitbits for babies? Wearables for wee ones? Emerging technologies offer new ways for parents to monitor their babies' health. Here's what to look for -- and avoid -- when shopping for nursery gadgets.

Like the break-ups themselves, divorce rates are a complicated subject to study.