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With newborn hearing screening mandated in all states, the pediatrician has seen a profound reduction in the age when hearing loss is identified and advances in treatment that now allow treatment at very early ages.

A study that followed more than 19,500 children aged from 2 to 18 years for about 8 years found that those who were overweight or obese made more hospital emergency department (ED) and outpatient clinic visits than children of normal weight.

Adolescents and young adults who reported using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in a national survey were more likely to have progressed to smoking cigarettes 1 year later than their peers who did not use e-cigarettes.

Tertiary pediatric institutions differ greatly in how often they use computed tomography (CT) imaging, whether for emergency department (ED), inpatient, or observation encounters, and regardless of body region.

Adjunctive laser acupuncture reduces the need for morphine therapy in neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).

A previously healthy 8-year-old Hispanic boy presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 2-day history of abdominal pain and 2 episodes of nonprojectile vomiting in the last 24 hours.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is struggling to know how to set guidelines for research to bring about more maternal vaccination as a means of protecting the infant.

The parents of a 4-year-old girl are worried about a bald area on the back of her scalp that has been present since birth.

In his final installment of the series "Pearls from the trenches," Dr. Farber encourages pediatricians to think outside the box, to trust their "sixth sense" when it comes to treating patients, and always to look at what they are doing from the parents' and child's point of view.

A recent randomized, controlled trial showing the utility of balloon autoinflation for otitis media with effusion (OME) in general practice perhaps raises more questions than it answers, experts tell Contemporary Pediatrics.

Unidentified children who are deaf or hard of hearing may have delayed speech and language development that can interfere with daily functioning. Unidentified hearing loss also places a cost burden on families and the healthcare system, with the lifetime educational cost of hearing loss estimated in 2007 at $115,600 per child.

The non-profit ECRI Institute has ranked the top health technology hazards in 2015 to highlight the often overlooked risks that medical technology poses to patient care.

Caring for the medically complex neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) graduates is a challenge for everyone: the very stressed parents and family members, physicians, physician specialists, nurse practitioners, nurses, and early intervention specialists including physical therapists, occupational therapists, and education specialists.

As manufacturers are criticized for advertising unhealthy foods to children, parents are becoming the new target-but at what cost?

A new report suggests that lowering the age to purchase electronic cigarettes from 18 to 16 years of age in order to combat returns to conventional smoking among adolescents.

Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and pertussis have led pediatricians to take a hard line, sometimes dismissing patients who are non-compliant with immunizations. A new study examines the prevalence-and consequences-of patient dismissal.

Pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH) can be difficult to spot, and a lack of research on this rare condition has resulted in a lack of evidence-based diagnosis and treatment guidance–until now. The American Heart Association and the American Thoracic Society have released new, extensive guidelines that task force members hope will pave the way for new research and continued development of care plans for pediatric PH patients.

The currently recommended childhood immunization schedule put forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is designed to protect infants and young children from 14 harmful and potentially deadly diseases before a child’s second birthday.

Findings of a new prospective Swedish population-based cohort study provide further reassurance about the safety of H1N1 vaccination in pregnant women.

Retinopathy of prematurity-the leading cause of blindness in children-could be prevented with breast milk, according to a new report.

Children of parents who are serving in the military during periods when the United States is at war are at higher risk of harmful behaviors than their peers from nonmilitary families.

Breastfeeding mothers can supply enough vitamin D in their milk to satisfy their infants’ requirements by taking 6400 IU of vitamin D each day, a 6-month randomized trial among mothers of exclusively breastfed babies showed.

An anonymous survey of about 3800 Connecticut high school students indicated that concern about electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) should not be limited to their increased popularity.

Nursery songs reduce anxiety during emergency department procedure. Compared with young children who heard no music during a head computed tomography (CT) scan, similar youngsters who heard children’s songs with integrated heartbeat sounds before and during the procedure experienced less agitation, as measured by a visual analog scale (VAS).

Medical clowning has a growing base of evidence giving credibility to its effectiveness with both pediatric and adult patients. In addition some physicians report anecdotally that having a medical clown participate in a child’s care helps everyone involved-from patients and parents to staff.

With advances in obstetrics and neonatal care, more premature and critically ill newborns are surviving to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge and entering the world of outpatient medicine.

The first look at how much the Affordable Care Act is impacting the care of kids.