Neurology

November 17, 2022

In a recent study, investigators found that life-threatening neurologic conditions from severe acute COVID-19 were more frequent in 2021 than 2020.

November 03, 2022

In a recent study, patients with low amounts of screen time following concussion had similar rates of symptoms as those with high amounts of screen time.

November 01, 2022

In a recent study, children who played video games had greater brain activity compared with those who did not play video games.

October 07, 2022

Although crude results of a study showed risk of neurodevelopmental disorders doubling when exposed to antidepressants during pregnancy, these results were not observed in a fully adjusted analysis.

August 26, 2022

Researchers have found that maternal antenatal corticosteroid treatment can lead to increased risk of psychological developmental and neurosensory disorders in children.

August 15, 2022

The American Academy of Pediatrics reminded parents of the importance of helmet use and encouraged helmet use discussion with their children.

August 05, 2022

Smoking tobacco should cease during pregnancy, according to The Journal of the American Medical Association.

June 03, 2022

More than 60% of adolescents felt that it was more important to measure decreases in the frequency and intensity of headaches in terms of severe headaches/spikes rather than total headache days.

June 02, 2022

Data from the RAINBOWFISH study and a large-scale extension, FIREFISH, were the basis for risdiplam’s expanded indication, which now includes babies with SMA under 2 months old.

May 27, 2022

A look at what the Contemporary Pediatrics® team covered this week.