Some newborns are testing falsely positive for marijuana exposure, which can lead to erroneous allegations of child abuse, researchers from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, report. What commonly used products can skew test results like this?
Bath salts and herbal incense-synthetic legal intoxicating drugs (so-called SLIDs)-have potentially serious adverse effects-including acute psychosis, delirium, violent behavior, seizures, and cardiovascular emergencies.
Assessing bone age should be a standard of care for children with Crohn disease, new research recommends. How would patients benefit?
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a new database of pediatric medications to assist health care professionals find information on medical products studied in children. How will this resource clarify the prescribing of medicines?
Research has shown that children aged 7 to 9 years who exercise daily can increase bone mass and bone size, but does increased activity place these children at heightened risk for bone fracture?
Friendships strongly influence physical activity levels among children even as young as 5 to 12 years, a new study reports. The findings may point to new ways of fighting obesity. More >>
Parents? smoking worsens urinary problems in kids
Pain from ear infections can be reduced at home and during plane travel using ibuprofen and home remedies: cold water, warm compresses, and paper cups
Young female athletes are vulnerable to concussions and other sports-related head and neck injuries. Repeated insult may lead to permanent neurologic deficit.
An emerging dyslipidemia : Assessing future CV risk Postpartum depression : Why the pediatrician should screen new moms Adolescent anxiety disorders : Which behaviors need treatment? Dermcase : Newborn baby girl with papules, plaques on her scalp and face Puzzler : Teenager with abdominal pain and ascites
Investigators examined the effect of state and school-district policies on the prevalence of 2 separate physical activity opportunities - physical education and recess - in a nationally representative sample of US public schools.
You are called from your office to the nursery to see a healthy newborn with a diffuse facial eruption. Her mother, who had a normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery, has a history of Sjogren's syndrome.
The American Academy of Pediatrics Web site states that the AAP is "an organization of 60,000 pediatricians committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults."
The US Food and Drug Administration wants manufacturers of imaging devices to design new machines with protocols specifically for children and to add safety labels that warn against using the devices on children unless they are demonstrated to be safe for pediatric use.
Children whose mothers had low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy are more likely to have higher levels of body fat at 6 years, according to British research.
The emergency department physician pages you to ask you to evaluate a 17-year-old girl who has abdominal pain and swelling. She has a complex cardiac history including situs inversus with isolated levocardia, transposition of the great arteries, pulmonary atresia, large ventricular septal defect, and right aortic arch with mirror image branching.
Studies have provided new information that increased triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol associated with childhood obesity are risk factors for cardiovascular disease in young adulthood.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has commended the US Senate for passing the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act and calls on the US House of Representatives to quickly pass companion legislation.
A proposed revision to the DSM-V criteria for a diagnosis of autism had critics charging that many patients with autism spectrum disorders would no longer quality for their diagnoses and would lose access to government services.
Because new mothers see pediatricians after giving birth more often than they see their obstetricians, it's only natural that they are in a better position to screen and observe possible cases of postpartum depression.
To assess the relationship between HIV testing and HIV-related risk behaviors in US high school students, investigators examined self-reported data from the 2009 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey for 7,591 students in grades 9 through 12 who reported ever having sexual intercourse.
Infants avoid spending time examining stimuli that are either too simple or too complex, focusing instead on events with an intermediate level of complexity, according to a new study.
The Federal Employee Health Benefits Program is moving its considerable influence behind the concept of the medical home.
A study of asthma medication use and asthma-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits showed that in children aged 5 years and older, greater cost sharing for asthma medications is associated with a slight reduction in medication use and higher rates of asthma hospitalization.
Anxiety is common in adolescents, who are often struggling to assert their identities at home, in school, and in social relationships. When significant anxiety impairs a teenager's ability to function normally, however, becoming familiar with the different diagnoses related to anxiety will help you decide whether treatment is necessary.
Children born to women with preeclampsia may have increased cardiovascular (CV) risk factors early in life, a meta-analysis suggests. What is the long-term outlook for these children?
Newborns with a decreased innate response to viruses have more viral respiratory infections in their first year of life than infants with a stronger immune response, a new study reports. What therapy might help protect newborns against viral infection, including seasonal influenza?
Occupational and other types of therapists are increasingly using sensory-based integration therapies to treat children with developmental and behavioral disorders. Are these therapies effective for children with sensory deficits?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reduced its recommended upper limit for blood lead levels in young children by half. What are the implications of the revised recommendations for clinical practice? More >>
The number of emergency department (ED) visits by US children aged younger than 18 years for battery-related accidents more than doubled from 1990 to 2009. What?s driving the rise in these power cell-related emergencies? More >>