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One in 150 2-year-olds visit emergency room each year for unintentional medication overdose - how do parents up risk?

Safety violations found at centers that provide early education services to nearly 1 million low-income kids nationwide

When I started VIA in 1993, my mother sent me a card with the famous quote from Margaret Mead: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” I believed it then, but now I know it to be the truth

As part of our Leadership Hall of Fame series, we continue our fresh look at The Tipping Point with an interview of author Malcolm Gladwell.

U.S. Preventive Task Force recommends against most routine cancer tests for adults over 75

Federal judge in N.Y. to hear arguments over government limiting teens' access to OTC "morning-after" contraceptive

Christie's auction house will sell off the glimmering collection of the late Elizabeth Taylor beginning December 13 in New York. It's expected to fetch well over $30 million. From eBay to auction houses, one thing's for sure: A celebrity can raise the value on just about anything

The fight is on to turn your smartphone into a wallet. Who will win

From a bed-and-breakfast to a consulting practice: See which businesses people start most often after they quit the rat race. Some people are not looking forward to retirement—they are not ready to settle into a golf routine and move to Florida just yet.

Fears that the economic downturn would lead to more abused children seem largely unfounded, new study says

Worried about birth control in light of headlines about side effects from Yaz and the patch? Women have a lot of options that are safe and effective, including some that are even more reliable.

The future of search is social. Google and Microsoft have tied their rival engines to social, mining data from various networks (Twitter, Facebook) to deliver personalized results based on what your friends and followers recommend, rather than some lifeless algorithm.

Academics and researchers sympathetic to the #Occupy movement have created a "People's Skype" and participated in a multinational hackathon that took advantage of a massive social media archive. Months after the first protesters arrived in Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street continues to fuel tech innovation

Born weighing less than a pound each, both girls are now thriving, new follow-up study shows

For companies in any industry, it's adapt or die when it comes to social media.