Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts are divided on the use of shaken baby syndrome diagnoses in criminal cases. Credit: Natalia Ojewska for The Texas Tribune ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The Texas Board of Parole on Wednesday ...

It is more important than ever for states to adopt evidence-based standards to ensure that only credible and vetted ...

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 ...

The Texas House has set a date to hear testimony from Robert Roberson, convicted of murdering his daughter based on a questionable diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. By J. David Goodman The case of ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued the ruling on Thursday, Oct. 9, one week before Robert Roberson’s execution for ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CLARIFICATION: In this story, we say the medical consensus today is that the diagnosis of ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ (SBS) in criminal cases is based on “junk science.” There is growing ...

A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to receive a lethal ...