(HealthDay News) — For children genetically predisposed to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), exposure to cigarette smoke in the family home could raise that risk even…
(HealthDay News) — Rates of biochemical alcohol and drug screening are disproportionately higher among adolescent trauma patients who are from racial and ethnic minorities, have…
(via Healthday) The annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics was held this year from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1 in Orlando, Florida, and attracted…
(HealthDay News) — Child safety experts have warned about the sometimes lethal dangers of toy water beads. Now, a report finds a doubling in just…
(HealthDay News) — Racial and ethnic disparities persist in postoperative mortality among children, according to a study published online July 29 in Pediatrics. Olubukola O.…
(HealthDay News) — Management of children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) requires comprehensive care from a pediatric primary care provider and a multidisciplinary…
(HealthDay News) — More than four years after the pandemic began, childhood vaccination rates worldwide have yet to recover, a new report shows. The latest…
(HealthDay News) — There are racial and ethnic disparities for nearly all leading causes of injury and disease tied to youth mortality, according to a…
(HealthDay News) — Disease severity is similar for patients hospitalized with respiratory syncytial disease (RSV) and unvaccinated adults with COVID-19 or influenza, according to a…
(HealthDay News) — Waist circumference-to-height ratio (WHtR) is an inexpensive alternative to body mass index (BMI) for predicting fat mass (FM) in pediatric patients, according…