According to a new study, children exposed to cigarette smoke before and after birth impairs their lung function.

Dr. Manfred A. Neuberger of the Medical University in Vienna stated that smoking during pregnancy can affect the child up until the age of 12 and that smoking after the child is born can worsen lung function

A combined study by UK and US researchers has revealed that children who experience any form of deprivation for more than 6 months after birth had lower IQ scores even after been removed from the deprived environment for seven years or longer.

According to a report by Reuters Health, the findings are based on assessments of 131 Romanian children who lived in extremely deprived and were adopted by families living in the United Kingdom and Canada when they were between 6 and 24 months of age, or between 24 and 43 months

A new study finds that one third of American adults have diabetes; many of whom don't even know it.

According to Catherine Cowie, director of the diabetes epidemiology program at the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 19 million Americans have type 2 diabetes, while 26 percent have a precursor to diabetes called, "impaired fasting glucose

The National Schizophrenia Foundation's ninth annual Schizophrenia Awareness Week is helping people realize that improved medications, more research and greater awareness and support give more hope for those suffering from schizophrenia than there was 20 or 30 years ago.

The theme for this year's Schizophrenia Awareness Week, which takes place between May 21 and May 27, is "Hope is Today's Reality." Its goal is to support people who have schizophrenia and to fight the stigma surrounding the mental illness

A new study concludes an estimated 14 million Americans over the age of 12 are visually impaired, but they don't need to be.

About 11 million of these people could have normal vision if they wore glasses or contact lenses