Pediatrics

Besides its potential to cause endocrine system and reproductive problems, perchlorate is considered a “likely human carcinogen” by the EPA

New data show an increasing contribution of mental and behavioral disorders to deterioration in the health-related quality of life among teens in the U.S. and Canada over the past two decades, and increases elsewhere around the globe

Scientists fear that automatic cuts in funding for the National Institutes of Health, set to kick in at the start of 2013, will harm research and patients

The connection between mother and child is ever deeper than thought

Health departments have shrunk, raising fears about epidemics

Legislative efforts aim to tackle the rising incidence of disease

Higher temperatures and an increased risk of drought on the U.S. west coast result in nitrogen by-products that cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, especially among the region's rural and urban poor

A new study is the first to link the ubiquitous chemical--found in hard plastics, canned foods and paper receipts--with altered thyroid hormones in babies

Scientists seek "fundamental changes" in testing and regulation of chemicals that mimic human hormones

Children exposed to higher levels of PCBs in the womb, score lower on focus and concentration tests

The findings suggest that there is a potential to disrupt autism during a child's first year before the disorder becomes entrenched

Children under five living near a chemical plant in West Virginia were found to have higher concentrations of an industrial chemical than their mothers