Day in the Life of a Doctor: Shadowing a NICU Nurse Practitioner Follow YouTuber Siobhan Deshauer, MD, on a tour of the neonatal intensive care unit Dec 14, 2021
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes Fizzled for Preventing Obesity in Kids Real-world study found only modest benefit for adolescent girls in Mexico Dec 13, 2021
Time Doesn't Heal Parents' Mental Health Wounds From Kids' IBD Dx "I was surprised" by these results, researcher says Dec 10, 2021
Cannabidiol Shows Sustained Benefit in Rare, Severe Forms of Epilepsy Caregivers report improvements in Lennox-Gastaut, Dravet patients Dec 08, 2021
Novel Chemoimmunotherapy Regimen Wows in Pediatric Neuroblastoma "I've never seen anything like this," researcher says of 3-year event-free survival rate Dec 06, 2021
Brain Aging May Be Faster for People With Childhood-Onset Epilepsy Small prospective study follows cohort for 55 years Dec 05, 2021
Genetic Testing Benefits Children With Unexplained Epilepsy Findings can alter treatment, prognosis, overall care Dec 05, 2021
Year in Review: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine development for older adults continued apace, virus roared back in kids Dec 03, 2021
Brain Changes Found in Fetuses of Alcohol-Using Moms Differences seen in two areas when compared with brains of non-drinking mothers Dec 01, 2021
Think TikTok Is Smarter Than Me? Then I'm Not the Right Doctor for You Modern times have fundamentally altered the landscape of healthcare Nov 30, 2021
Fetal Brains Appear Unaffected by Mom's Milder COVID Small MRI study involving pregnant women with mild to moderate infection revealed no problems Nov 30, 2021
What Caused Acute Encephalopathy in This Young Child? Clinicians found 2-year-old girl barely responsive to stimuli Nov 24, 2021
FDA OKs First Drug for Most Common Form of Dwarfism Mixed reactions follow new treatment for children 5 and up with open growth plates Nov 19, 2021
Ceritinib Shows Promise in ALK-Positive Pediatric Malignancies Responses seen in neuroblastoma, among other tumors Nov 17, 2021
This Behavior on Digital Devices Is Linked to Worse Mental Health in Children Good news for video gamers, however Nov 17, 2021
AMA Delegates Target Naturopaths Who Write Vaccine Exemptions Other proposals focused on minimum wage, access to menstrual care products, and looming pay cuts Nov 15, 2021
Med Students Call for 'Virginity Testing' Ban in U.S. AMA needs to "make a concerted effort to educate patients and their families about such harm" Nov 15, 2021
A Gentler Standard for Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia in Kids ATRA/arsenic trioxide without maintenance therapy resulted in 99-100% survival at 2 years Nov 11, 2021
No Long-Term Cognitive Benefit in Fortified Baby Formulas Commercial claims and policies built on misleading evidence, researchers say Nov 10, 2021
Signs of Relief From 'Therapeutic Drought' in Atopic Dermatitis Encouraging results from pipeline agents targeting Th2-specific inflammation Nov 09, 2021
Hypothalamic Gliosis Associated With Obesity in Kids? Use of imaging studies could impact how childhood obesity is prevented and treated Nov 09, 2021
Longer Steroid Course No Better for Young Kids With Nephrotic Syndrome Study compared 6-month course to standard 3-month therapy Nov 08, 2021
For Some Food-Allergic Kids (and Parents), Anaphylaxis Isn't the Worst Problem It's the unnecessary, crippling worry about the possibility of it Nov 08, 2021
Injectable PH1 Therapy Also Effective in Advanced CKD Trial looked at patients with stages 3B through 5 chronic kidney disease Nov 07, 2021
Peanut Allergy Patch Still Looks Good 3 Years Later Reactions diminish over time in open-label study Nov 07, 2021
Guidance on Exposing Babies Early to Peanuts Not Catching On Parents say their docs didn't make a point of recommending it Nov 07, 2021
Sleep Timing Tied to Development of Excess Fat in Kids Children with earlier wake times, sleep midpoints saw greater gains in fat mass Nov 07, 2021
Paired Anti-Obesity Drugs May Help Teens Shed More Weight After Metabolic Surgery But phentermine/topiramate dose could be limited by side effects, researcher says Nov 07, 2021
Doctors Sue Hackensack Meridian for Age Discrimination Three older emergency pediatric doctors were fired while younger docs were retained, lawsuit says Nov 05, 2021
Topical PDE4 Inhibitor Impresses in Trial of Seborrheic Dermatitis Rapid, persistent improvement in body surface area, itch, other symptoms with roflumilast Nov 04, 2021
Is Essential Patient Information Lost in Translation? Consistent assessment for translator needs promotes patient safety Nov 04, 2021
What You Need to Know About Kids' COVID Vax Dose Lower dose showed good antibody response, low side effects Nov 04, 2021
Weight-Based Bias Occurs Worldwide, Study Shows Weight Management workers urge anti-discrimination policies Nov 03, 2021
Childhood Obesity Is Soaring to New Levels Kids' weight has spiked during the pandemic, but it's part of a long-term trend Oct 30, 2021
Head Trauma Guidelines Often Abandoned for Young Patients in the ED "There's a lot of room for improvement," researcher says Oct 29, 2021
Mixed Results With Anti-Interleukin Biologics in Asthma One shows promise; another fails miserably (and mysteriously) Oct 27, 2021
Sudden Psychosis, Abnormal CSF in Three Teens With COVID In two cases, patients responded to immunotherapy Oct 25, 2021
Eradication of Malaria Is Within Reach Distributing the newly recommended vaccine is the next challenge Oct 19, 2021
Dupilumab Improves Lung Function for Kids With Asthma Adding monoclonal antibody led to rapid and sustained improvements, study showed Oct 18, 2021