The idea broached by Lady Gaga to work out new anti-bullying laws in response to the tragic death of Jamey Rodemeyer, a New York schoolboy who committed suicide last week, have been seconded strongly by singer Ricky Martin. Full story

The time that teenagers spend in social networks increases the risk of smoking among them, a study of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University says. Full story

Maria Menounos is past 30 and the thought of having kids begins to haunt. Though the 33-year-old TV presenter is still putting her work first (“I have a couple of years of work I want to get to, and then do it,” she says), she has started to get ready for it – in her own way. Full story

The researchers have found that omega-3 fatty acids, which are contained in salmon, mackerel, tuna, walnuts, pumpkin seeds and flax seeds, force the gastrointestinal tract develop in such a way as to activate the immune system. Full story

The "Scooby-Doo" cartoon was recognized as the healthiest of all children's programs on English TV. Full story

Christina Hendricks’ two years of marriage (well, yes, not quite two years) have been running on careers and mutual help, and the Mad Men star doesn’t want to change anything – even it’s a question of having children. Full story

According to the statistics, only 22% of children, who come to the first form, can be called completely healthy. The problems of child health, disease prevention, and the acquisition of habits have been discussed by the doctors at the European Congress on school and university medicine. Full story

Keeping mum is a costly game or moms and dads, as the findings of a recent study commissioned by Sheila’s Wheels reveal. British parents have been found to be paying a hefty yearly sum to their offspring to avoid leaking of something they would rather conceal. Full story

Kim Kardashian is not the one to wait for long! Almost as soon as her wedding bells have rung, she wants a bun in the oven. A friend of the family, Lisa Gastineau, spilled to Us Weekly that the fresh-from-the-church wife is already thinking about becoming a mother. Full story

Of course we take care to give our children good meals, see to it that they are dressed for the weather and try and make their colds and blues go away, hoping that our efforts go to make their lives healthier and happier. But by that time the seeds have already been sown, scientists say, and we can only make insignificant alterations to the trends that have been set. Full story

It goes without saying that your baby’s teeth need care and brushing as soon as they come up when the little darling is past the first half-year, but the latest rundown from the scientists states that you should start proper care of milk teeth even before they are there! Full story

Is it possible to cajole children into eating vegetables without getting your hackles rise first? Serious job, that, but boffins reveal it can be made much easier if feeding kids with greens begins at the earliest stages of pregnancy. Full story

Children are the main motif in Kelly Preston’s life. At her 48 years of age actress still believes – just as she did when she was 11 – that motherhood is the most important thing she has ever experienced. Although commercials bring in thousands of dollars, Preston shares that she would rather be babysitting for $3 an hour “because I loved it.” Full story

That is the way the doctors have called a new invention that helps to cure muscular dystrophy. This is a hereditary disease which leads to muscle atrophy. People with this disorder also suffer from cardiovascular, osteo-articular, and mental illnesses. Patients with Duchenne dystrophy have their dystrophin protein damaged. Full story

The representatives of preschool education sphere in Sweden concluded that addressing children with pronouns he or she, that emphasize gender differences, can be viewed as gender discrimination and should be abolished. Full story

Adam Levine, Maroon 5’s voice, finally got round to thinking family way. Some would say it was high time he did at 32, but still the singer seems to be in little hurry about it. Full story

The scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health are alarmed that with each year passing by the number of obese children in the world is growing. Full story

A study of how parents use the Internet resources to keep tabs on their children found that over 50% of British parents do it on a regular basis. Thousands of adult Brits have made it their habit to go through the Internet history of their offspring, their mailboxes and profiles on social network sites. Full story

A recent study has proven that teenage obesity increases cancer risks in the future. Full story

The experts from the University of Oslo have proved that children do grow mainly during sleep. Of course, they grow during the day as well, but the rate of growth at night is 43% higher than of that during the daytime. Full story

It is no secret that babies cry frequently, or even too often as their parents sometimes think. A little human who has just been born is still very, very helpless. The baby cannot say if it feels unwell, and the only way to tell you about the baby's needs is crying. Babies can whine and even cry, but in any case, it is always crying for a reason. Full story

There’s a case coming up in court concerning fatherhood of supermodel Linda Evangelista’s son, 4-year-old Augustin James. The filed papers state that the boy’s father was François-Henri Pinault, husband to Salma Hayek since 2009. Full story

Are we witnessing the rise of children fashionistas? It’s highly probable – at least if we consider the results of a poll commissioned by Sheila’s Wheels that may be an eye-opener to some. The poll was undertaken to explore the wardrobes of 1,000 schoolchildren for special items of clothing and their price tags. Full story

A team of scientists from Clark University in Massachusetts has established that nothing is so irritating and disturbing as the sound of a child whining. Their research revealed that the annoying quality of the sound exceeds those of any other noise in the world. Full story

Adolescent enthusiasm about gaming devices and SMS service may be the reason for rheumatoid arthritis in adulthood. This is the conclusion that the scientists from University Hospital of joint diseases, New York, have reached. Full story