MILWAUKEE -- Amanda Reilly is one of 12 people nationwide whose idea for a tablet app for autistic children could become a reality.

Reilly, of Milwaukee, says the app could calm a child having an "emotional meltdown" because of experiencing too ...

Wondering where your teen's mind is?

A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests adolescents may be quite busy adding brain cells during puberty, and it might just have to do with sex.

"In school we were always taught...

CHICAGO -- At the Davis Elementary School library on a recent Wednesday, Angela Worth, a dental hygienist, brushed cloudy white goo onto a second-grader's molars. Twenty seconds under a bright blue light and the cavity-preventing substance -- ...

Fall and winter can wreak havoc on asthma sufferers. Parents of asthmatics know this, perhaps, better than anyone.

Inhaled corticosteroids, which might have an impact on children's growth, are often used to treat the condition. But, for some, the...