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Poor compliance to asthma medication is a major contributor to children’s asthma morbidity.

The primary challenge is to distinguish between celiac disease (CD) and wheat allergy, or the newest possibility, non-CD gluten sensitivity.

Common mistakes to avoid when using asthma devices.

Step-by-step guides for common asthma medication delivery devices.

A course of antibiotics-without surgery- is a perfectly reasonable way to treat uncomplicated acute appendicitis in children, according to a small pilot study.

In spite of national and worldwide recommendations, codeine prescriptions for children presenting to an emergency department (ED) with cough or an upper respiratory infection (URI) have not declined, according to a cross-sectional analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Most medical devices used in children have never been tested in children, says a new study.

Keeping baby from mom until after cord clamping is unnecessary, according to a new multicenter, randomized, noninferiority trial.

It seems you can lead children to free water, but you cannot make them drink.

A new study finds that adolescents who report tanning indoors are more likely to engage in unhealthy weight loss practices, suggesting an underlying body image problem may put this group at increased risk of eating disorders. Surprisingly, males may be at higher risk than females.

Adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) are highly knowledgeable about their condition and generally have a positive outlook about transition programs and life beyond, according to a small pilot study.

Color blindness overwhelming affects non-Hispanic white boys, according to what is perhaps the first population-based study of color vision deficiency (CVD) in preschool children.

About 1 of every 3 children in the United States aged between 9 and 11 years has a borderline or deleterious cholesterol profile, according to research presented at the recent annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).

Obstetricians, gynecologists, and pediatricians joined forces to issue a new task force report on identifying the causes of newborn brain injuries. In doing so, they hope to unearth prevention strategies for neonatal encephalopathy, cerebral palsy, and other neurologic problems.

Arsenic in well water, at levels that are not uncommon in the United States, is threatening our children’s intelligence, new research finds.

Despite clear health advantages, the rate of neonatal circumcision in the United States has fallen slightly over the past 50 years from a high of 83% in the 1960s to 77% in 2010, according to a recent report.

As of 2010, 1 in every 68 children aged 8 years had autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is up from 1 in 88 in 2008; 1 in 110 in 2006; and it’s up 123% from 2002 when 1 in every 150 children aged 8 years was diagnosed with ASD.

Using guidelines issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), about 1 in every 10 US children is at risk of vitamin D inadequacy and about 1 in 20 is at risk of deficiency, according to a new report. These figures are drastically lower than previous estimates.

Researchers have found areas of disruption in the brains of young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), indicating that ASD originates sometime early in the prenatal period, according to a new small explorative study.

Preterm babies’ guts harbor bacteria that can cause late-onset sepsis, according to a new study.

Roberto Fernández Galán, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Neurosciences, at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, discusses his study on the "noisy brain" of children with autism with Karen Donley-Hayes.

Are 3, 5, or 10 days of antibiotics best? Israeli investigators set out to answer this question in a group of children aged 6 to 59 months with radiologically confirmed community-acquired alveolar pneumonia (CAAP) that did not require admission.

Detectable serum and salivary cotinine-a biomarker of tobacco exposure-is common among children admitted for asthma or bronchodilator-responsive wheezing and is associated with readmission, a study in asthmatic youngsters showed. Caregiver reports of secondhand smoke exposure do not appear to be significant predictors of hospital readmissions, however.

Audio recordings of 253 annual health maintenance visits of adolescent patients showed that in one-third of such visits, sexuality issues including sexual activity, dating, or sexual identity were not mentioned. Even in the visits that included some sexual content, the duration of the talk was brief-an average of 36 seconds.

Doxycycline (Doryx, Vibramycin) is the first choice antibiotic for Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children of all ages.

The interim final rule on infant formula quality and nutrition announced recently by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will set standards going forward.

High school students who are sexual minorities are more likely to take risks that increase their chances of cancer than their heterosexual peers, almost across the board, according to an analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS).

I am responding to Dr. Horst D. Weinberg’s thoughtful and well-elucidated letter to Contemporary Pediatrics (“Pediatrics, then and now”; Contemp Pediatr. 31[2[:10-12).

An autopsy is educational as one physician might inform another as to the cause of death. The practicing physician, then educated, would be able to explain to family members the exact cause of the demise. Once understood, treatment of future cases might even be modified. In an obituary, we learn about the deceased, but can only mourn.

Transition programs prepare adolescent patients for their transfer from pediatric to adult healthcare. Primary care physicians must incorporate sexual health self-management into transition planning for adolescents and young adults, but most especially for those with chronic illness or developmental disabilities.