Jen Fisher can do only so much to keep her son safe from the types of infections that children can encounter at school. The rest, she […]

Nearly half of adults with hypertension (HTN) are not aware of their diagnosis. But recognition is even worse in pediatric patients. Abbas H. Zaidi, MD “Less […]

The term “Munchausen syndrome” was coined in 1951 by Richard Asher, who named it after Hieronymus Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen (also known as Baron von […]

Children who were severely ill with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) related to COVID-19 infection appear to show excellent cardiovascular and noncardiovascular outcomes by 6 […]

A young boy with a habit of screaming when he didn’t get his way is among the patients Joannie Yeh, MD, a primary care physician at […]

About 20% of adolescents have obesity, a figure that is expected to rise over the next few decades. And while popular weight loss drugs are a […]

In April 2023, the Navarra Pharmacovigilance Center (NPC) became aware of a case involving an infant who developed progressive hair growth on their back, legs, and […]

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has endorsed a simplified screening algorithm for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) and more uniform reporting of data in updates […]