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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.

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.

The neonatal resuscitation section of the 2015 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care includes a number of new and modified recommendations.

The anxious parents of a 9-year-old boy bring him to clinic for the evaluation of progressive sores in his mouth for 2 days and a rash that erupted last night. Nine days earlier, he had felt warm and had a cough with wheezing and abdominal pain.

A healthy 14-year-old girl who is an avid violin player is brought to the office for evaluation of facial acne. The examination notes a rash on her left neck that has been present for a few years. The patch is mildly tender and itchy but otherwise asymptomatic.

In this article, I describe my experience visiting vendors in the NCE’s exhibit hall and detail some of the best tech presented at this year’s workshops.

After a tumultuous year, what's causing stress for pediatricians? Would they choose to become pediatricians again, if given the choice?

An array of challenging issues confronted by pediatric providers on a regular basis were presented and included, but were not limited to, best practices for migraine variants, sexually transmitted diseases, adolescent obesity, enuresis and encopresis, developmental hip dysplasia, alternatives to spanking, and the arduous task of breaking bad news to parents and families.

Children are using mobile media more often and at early ages than ever before, and parents are unsure how to manage. A new study reveals that parents want more guidance from pediatricians on the best ways to expose their children to media.

Children that lost their ASD diagnoses are often misdiagnosed early on or have their diagnosis changed as they develop, leading researchers to question the way in which ASD is diagnosed and treated.

More than 20% of U.S. children lack adequate nutritious food, and most of their families make too much money to qualify for federal assistance. Find out how to screen patients for food insecurity and what you can do to help.

A new study has found that the overall health of 43 obese children improved in just 10 days by reducing added sugar intake without changing their overall caloric intake or exercise levels.

The annual round-up of sessions presented at the AAP Annual Conference, plus expert commentary on why these topics matter.