Women who have watched a mother, sibling or child battle breast cancer can become preoccupied, if not obsessed, with trying to reduce their own risk of the disease. One possible way to do that? Breast-feed. ...more

August 13, 2009

Even though breast feeding is making a comeback, many moms might not like the idea of feeding their baby in public. This is why Sherri Spaw of Wesley Chapel started selling maternity ponchos. ...more

March 25, 2009

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) -- Mooove over, Holsteins. PETA wants world-famous Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream to tap nursing moms, rather than cows, for the milk used in its ice cream. ...more

September 26, 2008

With one hand, Yang Aiping held her squirming 4-month-old son amid the crowd in the maternity hospital. With the other, she dug through her purse for the near-empty bag of milk powder that she worried had sickened him. ...more

September 26, 2008

A prominent diabetes researcher at the University of South Florida landed another multimillion-dollar grant and ensured that nearly every major effort to eliminate the disease will be orchestrated in Tampa. ...more

August 13, 2008

A prominent diabetes researcher at the University of South Florida landed another multimillion-dollar grant and ensured that nearly every major effort to eliminate the disease will be orchestrated in Tampa. ...more

August 1, 2008

Sean Riley said he and his wife had no intention of having children. That is, until they got the news that Jack Aubrey Riley would be arriving in February. ...more

November 26, 2007

Worldwide deaths for children younger than 5 dropped to an estimated 9.7 million last year, the lowest worldwide levels since record-keeping began in 1960, the United Nations Children's Fund announced Wednesday. ...more

September 13, 2007