Two U.S. toddlers have been shot within hours of each other, both by siblings who found guns in their homes. Both incidents occurred on Thursday night.

Xylitol a sugar substitute, may prevent cavities in toddlers, according to a study cited by ABC. In the study, a syrup containing xylitol was given to young children and the results showed that it may have helped prevent cavities in their baby teeth. The idea that any type of sugary substance may prevent cavities is a difficult one to get on board with, so is it possible that the xylitol sugar substitute prevents cavities in toddlers?

A two-year-old boy in Uzbekistan's second-largest city of Samarkand, miraculously survived after falling from the seventh-floor of the apartment building where he lived, a health official said on Wednesday.

Doctors have expressed considerable concerns about the growing trend for heavy wooden and ornamental toilet seats after a number of male toddlers were admitted with crush injuries to their penises.

Low-income families who participated in a brief, tailored intervention program designed to improve parenting saw less problem behavior in their toddlers than families who did not take part. That's the finding of a new study published in the September/October 2008 issue of the journal Child Development.

Generally 20% of toddlers suffer from various sleeping disorders for a variety of reasons. A new study says it toddler sleep apnea and sleep disturbances require closer doctoral attention since it may effect child's heart health.

Australian toddlers are consuming more energy than they need, putting them at risk of overweight and obesity, according to new research in Nutrition & Dietetics published by Wiley-Blackwell.

Thanksgiving Day took on new meaning for Brandon and Anna Priebe on Thursday after their 14-month-old son Bradley fell from a third story window and landed onto the roof of a music store.

Seeing through a child's eyes can help parents better introduce new words to young toddlers, according to research from Purdue University.

Playing with toy blocks may lead to improved language development in middle- and low-income children, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

The toddler abandoned at a Melbourne railway station last weekend will return to New Zealand to be reunited with her grandmother.

A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found that overweight toddlers and those not enrolled in day care are at high risk for iron deficiency.