A new study shows treating children who stutter before they start school is the best way to improve the disorder that affects about five percent of youngsters.

Stuttering or stammering usually begins when a child is three or four years old, with boys three times more likely to suffer from it

South Korean pharmaceutical company LG Life Sciences Ltd., announces on Friday it has successfully finished the second phase of clinical trials for a hormone drug for children with growth problems

LG Life Sciences also says six key medical schools in Europe have completed the two-year-long tests of the slow-release human growth hormone (SR-hGH) on approximately 50 children, who either lack growth hormones or are suffering from dwarfism

Canadian researchers find frequent exposure to violence may affect teens' blood pressure and heart rates. Officials say results suggest exposure to violence may not only have psychological effects as has been previously demonstrated, but physiological effects as well.

Previous research found a link between violence exposure and daytime systolic blood pressure (the top number) and nighttime diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) among adolescents

A California Superior Court judge, citing health risks of lead and arsenic in tattoo inks, has ordered two major tattoo-ink manufacturers to carry warning labels, according to a CNN medical report.

The preliminary injunction granted by Judge Irving Feffer also requires Huck Spaulding Enterprises of New York and Superior Tattoo Equipment of Phoenix to carry the labels in their catalogs and on their Internet sites aimed at California customers

In a bid to boost the fertility rate, French government will offer financial incentives to parents to have a third child.

French officials hope people will be able to manage the demands of work and family life in an effective manner. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announces the new plan will award $916 a month to parents who take one year's unpaid leave from work after the birth of a third child