February 26, 2025
TOPLINE: Children with neonatal seizures had a 20.4% cumulative risk for epilepsy by age 22, whereas those without seizures had a risk of 1.15%, a new […]
February 21, 2025
The ability of a single bruise to predict abuse when a child enters an emergency department (ED) has been unknown, but new research indicated that a […]
February 21, 2025
Jade Wexler was a teenager when she first realized her experience at the doctor’s office was different from that of her peers. Sitting in her pediatrician’s […]
February 20, 2025
TOPLINE: An analysis of 6272 alert-identified acute kidney injury (AKI) episodes in 5582 hospitalised children in the United Kingdom revealed poor coding rates of 19.7% in […]
February 19, 2025
TOPLINE: Children with early or persistent developmental problems in cognitive ability and socioemotional behaviour had four times higher odds of not passing their exams as adolescents […]
February 13, 2025
A therapy of increasing amounts of grocery store peanut butter helps kids who can already tolerate the equivalent of at least half a peanut achieve significantly […]
February 12, 2025
TOPLINE: Breastfed very preterm–born children have higher bone mineral density (BMD) at 6 years than their formula-fed peers, while fortification of human milk (HM) after hospital […]
February 10, 2025
A measles outbreak is growing in a Texas county with dangerously low vaccination rates. In late January, two school-age children from Gaines County were hospitalized with […]
February 5, 2025
A large proportion of childhood diseases worldwide results from environmental causes and climate change magnifies the effects on children, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) noted […]