In the early 1990s when I was a young pediatrician, I was responsible for evaluating children with developmental and learning problems. Two unrelated boys, ages 7 and 9, were found to have IQs in the ...

Chelsea F.'s baby, Teddy (both pseudonyms used at the family's request), was born with serious genetic problems—heart defects, breathing issues, and brain abnormalities. But when Chelsea rushed the ...

(AP) – When 7-month-old Natalie Beard’s body arrived in the autopsy room, there were no outward signs of physical abuse. No broken bones, bruises or abrasions. But behind her pretty brown eyes and ...

Shaken baby syndrome is a form of abusive head trauma that occurs when a parent or caregiver violently shakes a baby through overwhelming frustration and losing control due to inconsolable or ...

NORTH TEXAS — Two strikingly similar cases involving decades-old claims of shaken baby syndrome are making news this week. In one, a Dallas County man, Andrew Roark, has been exonerated. In the other, ...

Ryan Greenwood allegedly told police that the day before her death, he and his daughter were "playing rough" and she began crying Court records show that Tanya Greenwood searched online about shaken ...

CHICAGO -- The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to stop using the term "shaken baby syndrome" in favor of something more scientific. The nation's largest pediatricians' group recommends ...

I live in Palestine, Texas, where I am raising four kids. In 2003, I was one of the jurors in Robert Roberson's murder trial. I also testified in front of a committee of Texas lawmakers at the Capitol ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — Robert Roberson was calm and hopeful as he pondered his mortality and whether he could again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied ...

A growing number of medical experts and law enforcement officials are reversing testimony that put parents behind bars. But they face an uphill battle. Brian Wharton, the chief detective of a small ...