Alexandra says Adam's recovery is a "miracle" because there were times she feared losing him. Now, the family focuses on the positives. "The greatest achievement in my child's life is the fact that he ...

Char Humphries took her 9-year-old son Spencer to the opticians twice in 2024 before he was referred to the hospital ...

A dad who thought he was suffering from hay fever was shocked to find his watery eyes and runny nose were symptoms of an ...

A teacher says she was told her headaches and problems with vision were down to the contraceptive pill before she was ...

Doctors told him that his bowel just needed time to heal. “It got to the point where I couldn’t go out, because I would ...

As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...

Brain tumors are the leading cause of pediatric cancer-related death. In August, the Trump administration announced it would stop supporting a federally funded network dedicated to researching these ...

A Michigan mom-to-be has left TikTok users in stitches after sharing her 20-week anatomy scan, where her unborn daughter appeared to take a playful swing at her. In the clip posted by Mara McCoy ...

Given the complexity of the process, it’s astonishing any human has ever mastered the ability to read. Although written language is ancient — we’ve been at it for roughly 5,000 years — it’s not an ...

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"Blood pressure should be screened starting at age 18, with follow-ups every three to five years if normal, or annually if elevated,” he says. “Cholesterol testing should start by age 20 if risk ...