More and more women are having babies later in life. Learn how delaying pregnancy until your 30s or 40s affects your health and fertility.

After more than three weeks in the hospital and multiple surgeries, a Michigan preteen is recovering from a frightening accident. What others should know.

Ophthalmologists urge providers to limit prescription eye drops for pinkeye because acute conjunctivitis treatment isn’t always necessary.

Families occasionally struggle to decide whether to have their child’s adenoids removed. A Michigan Medicine pediatric otolaryngologist explains the procedure.

Four years after fighting multiple brain tumors at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, an incoming Michigan freshman aims to emulate the care he received.

Parenting critiques may be well-intentioned, but they’re not without consequences, a new poll finds. One mom shares her experiences — and what others should know.

A treatment usually used for adults has helped keep Nora stable since her diagnosis of stage 4 metastatic melanoma as a newborn.

Get the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation for how much caffeine a teenager can have and learn about caffeine's undesirable side effects on teens.

As temperatures warm up, parents should refresh their knowledge of pool safety. These 6 tips from Michigan Medicine will help promote water safety for kids all summer.

Mother’s Day can be fraught with emotion for couples experiencing infertility — a struggle this Michigan couple knows too well. Luckily, their story has a happy ending.

Past research has shown that very young kids gain no educational benefit from handheld devices. A new study finds they might even hinder development.

Nurses are the beating heart of any hospital. In the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, which houses the youngest and tiniest patients, the job becomes even more crucial.

The annual Digestive Disease Week conference presents research across a range of GI specialties. Here’s a look at some of 2017’s standouts.

An unpreventable birthmark, many port wine stains can be managed with laser treatment. How one family is doing so — and educating others in the process.

Read about how, after 16 years of fighting a rare, life-threatening disease, Derek Gropp finally met the organ donor who would save his life.