Apple Halts Watch Sales; FDA Database May Miss Red Flags; Babies' Tongues Cut Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Dec 19, 2023
Dr. Barbie Will See You Now, but Only if You're a Pediatric Patient Study finds medical Barbie dolls usually treat kids, don't come with PPE accessories Dec 18, 2023
Intervention Improves Outcomes For Women With Previous C-Section Risk assessment, decision-making support reduced major perinatal and maternal morbidity Dec 18, 2023
Matthew Perry's Cause of Death; Woman's 'Abuse of a Corpse' Charge; HIV in Girls Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Dec 18, 2023
For Kids, Sleep Study Needed to Parse out the Kind of Snoring That Means Surgery Search for clinical predictors without a sleep study doesn't turn up much Dec 14, 2023
Keto Diet on Par With Further Medication for Infants With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Diet may be considered a treatment option for some infants who continue to have seizures Dec 14, 2023
FDA OKs Maintenance Option for High-Risk Neuroblastoma Eflornithine approved to reduce relapse risk in both kids and adults Dec 14, 2023
Baby Delivered From Rare Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy Both the mother and neonate survived, making the case extra rare Dec 13, 2023
Metformin for Diabetes in Pregnancy: Maybe Not, Trial Says New trial complicates findings of previous studies Dec 12, 2023
Very Early ART Can Result in Sustained HIV Suppression in Neonates Newborns should be diagnosed "super early" and receive ART in maternity ward, experts say Dec 11, 2023
Teens' High BMI Tied to Early Chronic Kidney Disease "Enormous" risk increase seen in the highest BMI categories Dec 11, 2023
Giving Oropharyngeal Surfactant at Birth Is No Help to Preemies Increased rates of pneumothorax emerged among newborns treated prophylactically Dec 11, 2023
Yes, Conversion Therapy Efforts Still Exist in Medical Practice Leading health associations want to end this harmful approach Dec 09, 2023
Conservative Oxygenation Outperforms Liberal Targets for Critically Ill Kids Oxy-PICU is the first randomized trial to compare different SpO2 targets in these patients Dec 05, 2023
Serial Amnioinfusions Helped Neonates Survive Without Kidneys While trial proves "survival can be better than zero," long-term management remains a concern Dec 05, 2023
Early Surgery for Kids' Mild Sleep Apnea Doesn't Boost Executive Function Other outcomes like blood pressure levels, however, were better than with watchful waiting Dec 05, 2023
Psych Nurses Sound the Alarm on Patient Violence at Pediatric Hospital Seattle Children's PBMU staff "work in a persistent state of fear," says state nurses union Dec 04, 2023
Suicide Rates Among Black Women Rose Over 2 Decades Increases were greatest among younger Black women and girls Dec 04, 2023
High Blood Pressure in Babies Linked to Adult Atherosclerosis Is BP screening starting before age 3 years warranted? Dec 04, 2023
Atropine Drops for Kids' Myopia Fail to Boost Long-Term Visual Outcomes But docs aren't ready to ditch the treatment, which is commonly used in Asia Dec 04, 2023
To Report or Not to Report Suspicions of Medical Child Abuse? What the 'Take Care of Maya' ruling could mean for abuse accusations Dec 02, 2023
Texas Sues Pfizer Over Vax Claims; Dr. Rand Paul to the Rescue; Kid Pneumonia Cases Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Dec 01, 2023
No Heightened Risk of Suicide, Psychiatric Conditions With Acne Drug Meta-analysis suggests lower risk of suicide attempts years after starting isotretinoin Nov 30, 2023
Progression Independent of Relapse Activity in Pediatric-Onset MS Early treatment with disease-modifying therapy may offer some protection Nov 29, 2023
Increased Mortality Risk for Young Adults on High Doses of Antipsychotics But antipsychotic medication-related deaths are rare in children, study shows Nov 29, 2023
FDA Warns of Rare Life-Threatening Reaction to Anti-Seizure Drugs Prescribing information changed for levetiracetam, clobazam Nov 28, 2023
Handguns From Home Account for Most Adolescent School Shootings Study of school shootings up to 2016 finds high-powered guns less commonly used by youths Nov 27, 2023
Teen With Severe, Recalcitrant Dermatomyositis Seeks New Option Treatment-resistant juvenile dermatomyositis resolved by targeting elevated interferon-beta Nov 24, 2023
China Reports No 'Unusual' Pathogens Driving Pneumonia Cluster in Kids Chinese health officials say the rise in respiratory illness is part of a continued surge Nov 24, 2023
Outcry Grows Over Pennsylvania Child Abuse Pediatrics Program Debra Esernio-Jenssen, MD, has been reassigned as parents weigh legal action Nov 22, 2023
Adaptive Functioning Not Affected in Children of Women With Epilepsy But increasing medication exposure in third trimester tied to a decline in function Nov 22, 2023
Apixaban Prophylaxis Fails to Reduce Clots in Pediatric ALL However, it may benefit children at increased risk of thrombosis Nov 20, 2023
Giving DHA to Preemies Doesn't Improve Behavioral Outcomes Later On At age 5, kids born at Nov 20, 2023
Nudging Parents Plus Auditing Providers Increased HPV Vaccine Uptake in Tweens Interventions worked best in combination, according to cluster randomized trial Nov 20, 2023
Infertility Linked With Small Autism Risk Association may be mediated by some adverse pregnancy factors Nov 20, 2023
Wondering Which Specialty to Choose? Consider This Pediatric specialists are in high demand, and the work is immensely satisfying Nov 18, 2023
Impaired Neurodevelopment in Preemies Screened for Retinopathy: Nature or Nurture? Study highlights role of insurance type/socioeconomic factors in neurodevelopmental outcomes Nov 18, 2023
What to Know About Lead Toxicity and Kids' Applesauce Hospitalization for acute lead toxicity can start at 45 mcg/dL Nov 16, 2023
Here's Why People Think They Developed Food Allergies Survey finds that 13% thought genetics were responsible, 27% blamed eating behaviors Nov 16, 2023
We're Failing to Treat Early Psychosis Symptoms in Black Children Early intervention is the best way to avoid dire consequences Nov 14, 2023
