Medicine or Candy? Let's Reevaluate the Vitamins We Offer to Kids Children should give standard pills a try before turning to alternatives Feb 06, 2024
More Evidence Maternal COVID Vaccination Safe for Newborns Lower mortality rate, fewer brain lesions in vaccine-exposed neonates, study found Feb 06, 2024
Another PCSK9 Drug Proves Its Mettle for Kids With Inherited High Cholesterol Clinical trial affirms LDL reduction atop statins in pediatric familial hypercholesterolemia Feb 05, 2024
Restricted Leg Movement in a Tween Boy Reveals an Insidious Skin Disorder Long-ignored patches of progressively hardening skin finally receive a rare diagnosis Feb 05, 2024
Expanding Photoscreening Tied to Increased Rates of Vision Screening in Tots However, Asian, Black, and Hispanic kids were less likely to be screened versus white kids Feb 05, 2024
Health Effects of Diabetes Remission; High-Deductible Plans for Cancer Patients Also in TTHealthWatch: USPSTF weighs in on screening for language disorders or delays in kids Feb 03, 2024 podcast
Donor Milk, Formula Go Head-to-Head for Extreme Preemies in the NICU Similar neurodevelopmental outcomes, but less necrotizing enterocolitis with donor milk Jan 31, 2024
Potentially Protective Agent Shows Benefit in Niemann-Pick Type C Better neurologic symptoms after treatment with N-acetyl-L-leucine Jan 31, 2024
Clinical Challenges: Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Patients need to be trained in administering epinephrine to avoid delaying treatment, experts say Jan 31, 2024
Emerging Research Examines How Parenthood Changes the Brain Amount of time spent caring for newborn seems to play an important role, says researcher Jan 31, 2024 video
Doctors Warn Patients May Be Billed Twice Bringing up concerns outside the main scope of the visit could prompt separate bills Jan 30, 2024
Perioperative Complications Not Deciding Factor Between Two Bariatric Procedures Short-term complications and safety similar for sleeve gastrectomy and RYGB Jan 30, 2024
Alzheimer's May Be Transmissible in Rare Circumstances Cases tied to long-discontinued childhood medical procedure Jan 29, 2024
Low-Dose Aspirin in Pregnancy Doesn't Impact Kids' Brain Development New data further prove the safety of aspirin use in pregnancy Jan 29, 2024
Viral Infection, Neuroinflammation Flagged in SIDS Autopsies Next-generation molecular tools turned up insights not detected by typical autopsy methods Jan 29, 2024
Shunted Infantile Hydrocephalus Linked to Early Puberty in Girls Myelomeningocele, repeated shunt revision are associated with higher risk in observational study Jan 29, 2024
Switching Twice With Infliximab Biosimilars Not Linked With IBD Flare Risk Reassuring findings for patients whose insurance requires a switch Jan 28, 2024
Early Anti-TNF Reduces Perianal Fistula Risk in Kids With Crohn's "Far better to prevent these complications than to treat them once they occur," says researcher Jan 28, 2024
Effective Treatments Identified for Pediatric Complication of COVID RECOVERY trial evaluated immunomodulatory therapy and corticosteroids Jan 26, 2024
Why Measles Keeps Popping Up in Pockets of the U.S. Paul Offit, MD, on the history of the MMR vaccine and the lasting legacy of COVID Jan 26, 2024 video
King Charles Admitted; ADHD Drug Recalled; Minnesota Debates Doc-Assisted Suicide Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Jan 26, 2024
Novel Gene Therapy Allows Kids With Inherited Deafness to Hear "This is real proof showing gene therapy is working," says researcher Jan 25, 2024
Breast Cancer Drug Repurposed for Infant With Congenital Hyperinsulinism Daily treatment substantially reduced hypoglycemia over 13 weeks Jan 24, 2024
Ibuprofen Fails Another Crack at Reducing Preemie Lung Issues and Deaths A therapy to help babies with hole in heart is still lacking Jan 24, 2024
Maternal Vaccination Lowers Odds of Respiratory Distress in COVID-Exposed Infants Preterm, COVID-exposed infants with respiratory distress had marked inflammatory responses Jan 24, 2024
White House Pharmacy a Mess; Doctor Dies in Avalanche; Gene Therapy for Deafness Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Jan 24, 2024
How Is Our Prefrontal Cortex Faring in this Toxic Era? A less toxic future would be a saner choice Jan 23, 2024
Newly Unveiled Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis Can Improve Diagnoses The Phoenix Sepsis Score was validated using encounters in higher- and lower-resource settings Jan 22, 2024
COVID Vax During Pregnancy Safe for Infant Brain Development, Study Suggests Observational data out to 18 months await confirmation in longer-term follow-up Jan 22, 2024
Newborns Better Protected With 3 Doses of Maternal COVID Vaccine And cord anti-S antibody levels were the same for preterm and full-term pregnancies, study shows Jan 19, 2024
$300K Fine for Midwife Who Gave Kids Homeopathic Pellets Instead of Vaccines In 2019, New York ended a religious exemption for school vaccination requirements Jan 18, 2024
Opioid Exposure in Womb Tied to Kids' Risk for Eczema, Dermatitis, and Asthma No link between prenatal exposure and risk for autoimmune conditions, however Jan 18, 2024
Measles Cases in Several States: What's Going On? COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy, travel are all playing a role Jan 18, 2024
Inequitable Treatment Persists Across Pediatric 51˶, Review Shows Experts recommend ways to improve child care, health equity Jan 17, 2024
Azithromycin at Routine Visits Fails to Prevent Infant Deaths in Africa Effort aimed at reducing the potential for antimicrobial resistance showed no benefit Jan 17, 2024
Increasing BMI in Kids Tied to 100% Fruit Juice Consumption Findings support guidance limiting such beverages in young children, researcher says Jan 16, 2024
What We're Getting Wrong About Nutrition and Mental Health Helping patients understand the connection and improve their diet can go a long way Jan 16, 2024
Are Your Patients Prepared to Switch Their Asthma Inhaler? With the discontinuation of Flovent, we must prevent gaps in care Jan 12, 2024
Linaclotide Doubled Bowel Movements in Children With Functional Constipation Pivotal phase III data also showed improvements in other symptoms Jan 12, 2024
FDA Clears Wegovy, Other GLP-1 Drugs of Suicidality Risk for Now Preliminary evaluation reassures, while the agency's review continues Jan 11, 2024