Rachael Zimlich, RN, BSN

A new study reveals that whereas physical activity can help prevent and combat childhood obesity, eating breakfast every day may have a more significant impact.

A child’s fear-and the anxiety it creates in parents-isn’t benign. It can keep patients from getting the care they need. Learn how you can help.

Overall vaccination rates in children are good, but there is a small pocket of children who are completely unvaccinated, and this number is rising.

The intimate nature of sports, the comradery of a team environment, the trust of a coach-all these are intrinsic to the nature of athletics but can also set the stage for abuse. Learn how you can help.

Pediatricians play a vital role in guiding healthy mental and physical development for gender-diverse children and teenagers.

A subtle but dangerous form of abuse-neglect-is the cause of death in three-quarters of all child abuse cases. Learn how you can intervene.

Optimistically, 1 in 5 well-care visits among low-income children are missed, but that number may also be as high as half if children who miss visits with their regular provider aren’t getting care elsewhere.

Social media and other digital platforms offer pediatricians a new way to deliver information on health promotion to patients and their families.

There are constructive ways to carry on difficult conversations with parents about immunization refusal or vaccine hesitancy.

A recent study of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) finds more action is needed to ensure healthy nutrition for all low-income children.

Many parents struggle with picky eaters, and it is a common complaint among parents who use federal supplemental nutrition programs, too. Recent research highlights how pediatricians can help.

Lymph node enlargement is common in children. Focused assessment and quick diagnosis of cause are key to ensure proper treatment.

It’s not just alcohol and seatbelts that factor into teen driving safety. A recent report reveals additional guidance pediatricians should offer to teenaged drivers and their parents.

Whereas infants don’t typically receive direct pertussis vaccination until at least age 2 months, a new study suggests that birth doses of the vaccine may be both safe and effective when mothers aren’t able to receive the vaccine themselves and pass antibodies to their babies.

Using the Medicare fee schedule as a universal reference benchmark for cost of services can help pediatricians estimate out-of-pocket expenses for patients and families.

Pediatricians can be a valuable source of guidance for parents about early education programs for children to help prevent substance use by the teenaged years and long after.

Identity development, a fundamental task in adolescence, is an even greater challenge for LGBTQ youth.

Physicians need to increase awareness about maintaining a quality of life for children who have to live with bleeding disorders.

Here’s solid advice for what to do when your online healthcare advocacy suffers harassment and false reviews.

Challenges at home can impact one’s work and contribute to physician burnout.

Concussions and other mild traumatic brain injuries are a fairly common issue in pediatric practice. For the first time, the CDC is offering evidence-based guidance to standardize diagnosis and management.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) now recommends that children remain rear-facing as long as their car seat allows.

A new report reveals that parents of preschoolers with asthma might not be getting the preparation they need to manage their child’s condition at home.

A new study has identified a higher risk of severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection-with higher hospitalization and mortality rates-in children with Down syndrome.

Cigarette marketing has come a long way since the glamour ads of the past, Joe Camel, and the Marlboro Man, but there are new challenges on the horizon-fighting the international reach of social media campaigns and a rise in the use of e-cigarettes by teenagers.

A new report offers the definitive finding of any connection between prenatal Tdap vaccination and autism.

A new study reviewed rates of sexual activity and condom use in states that have passed legislation on HPV vaccine education. Here’s what researchers found regarding the prevalence of risky behaviors.

Adhering to a 1-hour plan for blood culture collection, and administering fluids and antibiotics, helped improve outcomes across New York hospitals in pediatric sepsis cases.