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There's a huge market for books, classes and smartphone apps that teach baby sign language and claim it can speed up spoken language development.
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While Texas' infant mortality rate is lower than the national average, a new study shows wide differences in rates across different areas of the state and…
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This year was full of breakthroughs in health, science and technology. Telemedicine made its mark in Dallas, "baby boxes" became a thing, and researchers…
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Across the country, new babies are sleeping in cardboard boxes. It might sound strange, but the boxes are part of a larger initiative to lower the infant…
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For years, Los Angeles Times columnist Meghan Daum wanted to write about her choice to not have children. No editors would take her pitches, she says,…
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Toys can do more than entertain. Priscila Caçola, assistant professor of kinesiology in the UT Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation, has…
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The medical journal Pediatrics recently published study results on a new tool developed to help doctors identify children under two with abusive head…
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Amid high flu activity in North Texas, health officials also are tracking respiratory syncytial (sinSISHuhl) virus. In this edition of KERA's consumer…
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More than six million women have trouble getting pregnant. At 1 p.m. on Think, reproductive experts Dr. Satin Patel and Dr. Bruce Carr will talk to Krys…
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Maybe you’ve seen a baby doll that cries or hiccups, but how about one with a pulse? At UT Arlington’s College of Nursing, teachers put students through…
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Five stories that have North Texas talking: researchers from the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth I.D. the first person from the unmarked graves at…
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Let me say off the top that I’m not complaining. No new mom getting as much nighttime sleep as I am has the right to complain. I’m lucky, I know I am. My…