Doctors Issue Warning About Button Batteries
Two children in the last three weeks have been treated at Children's Memorial Hospital after they ingested button batteries.
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Two children in the last three weeks have been treated at Children's Memorial Hospital after they ingested button batteries.
An annual water quality report from the National Resources Defense Council found that Great Lakes beaches were the most frequently closed beaches in the nation because of contaminated water.
Public health programs are underfunded, and others are under political attack according to a report from the American Public Health Association.
The American Medical Association at its annual meeting in Chicago Tuesday took aim at ads that promote unrealistic body images.
Every time you get behind the wheel, you could be at risk for skin cancer. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
Would a $2 bottle of fattening soda have Americans drinking less and slimming down? As CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports, some doctors think a big fat soda tax is the answer.
The nation's doctors remain divided over a key plank of President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
Starting in the fall of 2012, smokers reaching for a pack of cigarettes will get an in-your-face warning about what they're doing to themselves and the people around them.
Sunglasses for kids are actually a good thing, one pediatrician tells CBS 2's Mary Kay Kleist. But what should you look for in shades for your youngster?
A new study by researchers in Chicago finds food allergies in children are much more common than previously believed.
A new study says spending too much time in front of your TV could result in a greater chance of some serious health problems.
Flip flops can be hard on your feet if you don't know what to look for. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez hits the streets to see why some of the footwear flops.
The story of autism hits home for a downstate lawmaker who is a parent of a child who suffers from the disorder.
The estate of a southwest suburban man has been given a large jury award, more than three years after he died from contaminated blood-thinning drugs.
The deadliest e. coli outbreak in modern history, centered in Germany, has now killed 23 people and sickened more than 2,200 – including four in the United States.
