The Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created during in-vitro fertilization are legally protected like any other child sent panic through medical communities. Now, doctors are aiming to clear ...

Misconceptions about in-vitro fertilization (IVF) are running rampant. Following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created during IVF are legally protected like any other child, medical ...

Much of the information doctors hand patients before surgery is too complex and hard to understand. So British researchers asked 9-year-olds to... The average American reads at an 8th-grade level, but ...

Certified child life specialists help children and families cope with the hospital experience through play therapy, art therapy, and explaining medical procedures. The program at Akron Children's ...

With any medical procedure—whether surgery, an MRI, or placing tubes in a child's ears—little kids don’t understand what’s happening even after it’s explained. They don’t know what’s wrong with their ...