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Preschool-aged children who watched violent daytime television programming or any television before bedtime often couldn?t sleep at night, and their sleep problems increased with each additional hour of nighttime media viewing.

Aripiprazole, olanzapine, and risperidone appear to increase body fat and change insulin sensitivity in children being treated for disruptive behavior disorders, according to new research presented at the meeting of the American Diabetes Association meeting in San Diego.

Young people with type 1 diabetes have thicker and stiffer carotid arteries that indicate atherosclerosis, a risk factor for heart attack and stroke in adults, data from a recent study indicate.

Uncontrolled Asthma : When to step up therapy Dog bites and PTSD : Helping wounded children cope Point-of-care testing : What's right for your practice? Dermcase : A baby with giant freckles? Puzzler : Infant has respiratory distress and weak cry

Using a nontoxic, glowing, hand-washing gel appears to be an effective way to improve children?s hand-washing ability.

Treatment with fluticasone furoate nasal spray reduces interleukin (IL)-6, a proinflammatory cytokine, in the adenoid tissues of children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, according to a study in the Archives of Otolaryngology?Head and Neck Surgery.

Findings of a large retrospective cohort study support the use of laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) in children.

Early findings from a long-running US study of preterm infants suggest that babies born prematurely face a greater risk of heart and health problems as adults.

Self-induced vomiting is a frequent practice among adolescents trying to lose weight, according to a new study.

Many years ago, it was customary for pediatricians to maintain a small office clinical lab that included a hematocrit spinner as well as an incubator used for throat and urine cultures.

Incorporating a concise asthma decision-making tool into medical records consistently improved documentation of key asthma indicators during pediatric primary care visits, a new study shows.

Toddlers identified as "late talkers" have no increase in psychosocial problems compared with other children during childhood or adolescence, as long as they don't have comorbid behavior problems, according to Australian investigators.

Research is indicating that fetal alcohol spectrum disorders may be far more prevalent than previously realized, according to a spokesperson on behalf of NIAAA.

A new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, and American College of Physicians outlines the steps that must be taken to facilitate transition from pediatric to adult medical care for patients with and without special health needs.

Only about 12% of high school students meet the goals for Aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities set by the Healthy People 2020 initiative, CDC researchers report.

Despite an increased use of formal screening tools to identify developmental delays in young children, a recent survey reveals that about half of pediatricians do not use them routinely.

A 4-month-old girl has 6 days of worsening cough and increasing irritability with poor oral intake.

A prospective study described the uropathogen frequencies and antimicrobial resistance rates of first UTI in 209 children who were diagnosed at the ED of a Belgian hospital.

To help establish utility of surrogate markers of serious bacterial infection in the post-pneumococcal vaccination era, investigators compared the diagnostic properties of these markers and clinical evaluation for detecting SBIs.

Although great progress has been made in the United States with regard to bacterial meningitis in efforts to prevent such infecitons, children remain at risk.

Vaccination against rotavirus, a major cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in children, dramatically decreased hospitalization rates for the infection among infants in 3 US counties, according to a new study.

A hypoxemic, 2-month-old boy has respiratory synctial virus bronchiolitis. As you're listening to his wheezing chest during the emergency department visit, his mother asks about the "big freckles" on his scalp and forehead that have been present since birth.

We must realize, as physicians, that learning the "art of medicine" goes hand-in-hand with learning the art of communication.

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by bronchoconstriction, airway hyperresponsiveness, airway edema, and inflammation leading to reversible airflow obstruction.

A newborn male had "cup-shaped ears" and draining neck sinuses that were partially closed by age 3 months. At birth, the child weighed 8 lb 4 oz after a 39-week gestation that was complicated by a single abnormal diabetes screen.

A 4 1/2 year-old Hispanic boy is referred to the pediatric clinic because of failure to thrive and growth retardation. He was born at full-term in Mexico and weighed 1.9 kg at birth (lower than the 3rd percentile).

A 3-year old girl presents with a 4-week history of rash on her left arm, flank, and thigh. The rash is non-pruritic and non-painful. The patient is taking no medications and is up-to-date on all immunizations.