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FDA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission jointly warned parents against the use of sleep positioners for their babies, because the devices can suffocate infants in their cribs or bassinets.

A new study examining the risk factors for eczema in children finds that early sensitization to the family dog significantly reduces the risk of eczema in 4-year-olds, but in contrast, early exposure to the family cat increases the risk of eczema in cat-sensitized children.

It appears that not all sugar-sweetened beverages are created equal in terms of their association with healthy dietary practices and levels of physical activity.

An 8-year-old girl presents to your outpatient clinic with a 2-day history of sore throat, fever, and neck pain. Your medical assistant tells you that the child had an upper respiratory tract infection about 2 weeks before but had recovered completely and uneventfully about a week ago.

The federal government is attempting to write the first national recommendations on how children should be restrained in ambulances, whether they are ill or injured or they simply need to be transported along with family members or other people.

A 4-month-old girl is brought to your office by nervous parents who point out swelling of all the fingers of her right hand associated with tender, deep nodules on the proximal and middle phalanges.

To identify parents' beliefs and barriers related to influenza immunization of school-aged children and to evaluate how accepting parents are of school-based influenza immunization, investigators surveyed parents of students at an elementary school in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Investigators surveyed 2,429 children with a diagnosis of asthma at 29 pediatric caresites across the United States to estimate the prevalence of uncontrolled asthma in patients who visited their primary care provider for any medical reason.

Here's the story of one full-time pediatrician with 20 years' experience. Over the years, she's witnessed many changes in the practice of medicine, including the virtual elimination of some diseases.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved use of the drug Protopam (pralidoxime) as an antidote to pesticide poisoning in pediatric patients.

Parents' misperception of analgesics leads to the undertreatment of postoperative pain in their children, even though the parents are aware of their children's pain, according to a new study.

After a quality-assurance inspection of its manufacturing plant in Michigan revealed contamination by insect pieces and larvae, Abbott notified FDA that it was suspending production and issued a voluntary recall for about 5 million containers of certain Similac-brand powdered infant formulas.

There was a time, not so very long ago, when a child who needed to receive nourishment or medications through a vein had to be in the hospital.

The implantation of fabricated devices has become part of the standard therapeutic approach for many neonatal and pediatric disorders.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling for changes to tobacco, alcohol, and prescription drug advertising to help prevent substance abuse among adolescents.

School has been back in session for less than a month, and our office has already had parents come in or call for the “golden ticket” that allows a child to return to school after an illness-the doctor’s note. Often parents want us to write something to the effect that “Johnny is no longer contagious….” Can we ever truly say that about anyone?!

A17-month-old girl was hospitalized 3 weeks earlier because of gagging and retching emesis that contained blood-streaked mucus. Her symptoms persisted and she was transferred to a tertiary care center for further workup.

While playing on the school playground, a 10-year-old boy decided to try a zip line. He grabbed the pulley and slid down the cable. When the pulley came to a stop, he fell off and sustained a right ankle injury.

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Educational success, especially completion of high school, has economic and social advantages that benefit the individual and society.

Infants and toddlers can receive effective protection against the 7 most common strains of pneumococcal disease, and possibly 6 additional strains, with the new pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13).

The Health and Human Services Department Health IT Policy Committee approved recommendations on when healthcare providers must obtain consent before exchanging patient health records electronically with other providers or health information exchange networks.

The FDA is warning that exposure to Evamist through skin contact with patients using the drug has the potential for adverse effects in children.

More than 12.5 million children and adolescents in the United States are overweight, placing them at greater risk for conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes mellitus as they grow older, according to the Office of the Surgeon General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Books address autism, ADHD and pain.

A 19-month-old boy is brought to the emergency department with refusal to walk, a stiff neck and a change in baseline behavior.

Children who have regular episodes of nausea and vomiting may suffer from abdominal migraine.

Utopian medical practice would run seamlessly even if you were out of the office, wouldn't it?

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the human growth hormone Omnitrope (somatropin - rDNA origin) for the treatment of idiopathic short stature.

Over the past decade, the United States has had tremendous success in achieving very high immunization compliance rates among children, sometimes as high as 91%.