The mysterious disease, acute flaccid myelitis, has parents talking — should you be worried?

How to talk to your daughter about what’s age-appropriate

Many factors over the course of a lifetime can influence your breast cancer risk.

If your child has an unhealthy relationship with food, then you need to pay attention

Learn about the whens and whys of annual physical exams and about some best practices regarding sending kids back to school healthy and ready to learn

Prenatal exercise keeps you healthy and can aid in delivery and recovery

According to the National Cancer Institute, it is estimated that about 1 in 8 American women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer during their lifetime.

Asthma is a chronic lung disease that can be controlled with appropriate medical care.

The immune system’s job is to fend off harmful invaders in the body, such as viruses and bacteria. With allergies, this process goes awry.

Hearing and vision screenings and examinations can be an important part of a child’s overall health, but quite often parents are unsure about when it’s appropriate or what’s involved.

Family fitness classes make it easy to get off the couch and have some fun

Scoliosis progresses with growth spurts in height and it can run in families, usually on the mother’s side.

Sorting out the facts from the media frenzy

Physical education has developmental benefits for the brain

After a freak accident in gym class at age 13 changed her life, Brooke Mills of Concord made it her goal to educate people about concussions. She speaks often at local schools about her journey.