Tag: Pediatrics

Therapeutic implications for infants treated for congenital heart disease CLEVELAND -- Researchers from the Department of Pediatrics at Case Western ...

Suicide rates spike nationally among youth after ’13 Reasons Why’ release

A recent study revealed approximately 195 more youth suicide deaths than expected were associated with the television series "13 Reasons ...

UA to study link between prenatal exposure to pesticides and childhood ADHD

Credit: UA Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. - According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 6.1 million children ...

Use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes among women of reproductive age in US

Bottom Line: Cigarette use was lower among pregnant women in the United States (8 percent) than among nonpregnant women (14.3 ...

Drug treats Type 2 diabetes in children, team announces

Results of a recently completed clinical trial of a potential drug to treat Type 2 diabetes in children were announced ...

Precision medicine for pediatric cancers: New hope for children and adolescents

Five years after it was created to serve children and adolescents in Quebec, the TRICEPS team at CHU Sainte-Justice has ...

Study examines reliability of early diagnoses of ASD in toddlers

Bottom Line: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is common in children and is, on average, generally detected and treated by about ...

Plenary addresses importance of 2020 US Census and challenge of the young child undercount

Participants will understand why it matters that 5% of children under the age of 5 were missed in the 2010 ...

New study aims to validate pediatric version of sequential organ failure assessment

Credit: Pediatric Academic Societies BALTIMORE - A new study aims to validate the pediatric version of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment ...

New studies examine teen vaping association with sexual risk behavior and drug usage

BALTIMORE - Electronic vapor product (EVP) usage among U.S. high school students is associated with a higher likelihood of engagement ...

Study links gene to sleep problems in autism

Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. - Up to 80 percent of children ...

Using genomics to solve a 20-year case study

Andrew Dauber, M.D., MMSc., and his research team receive an award for the best novel insight published in Hormone Research ...

New study aims to better understand Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease is a childhood vasculitis, marked by prolonged fevers and coronary artery inflammation/aneurysms in near one-quarter of those untreated ...

Eat, sleep and console tool decreases length of stay and post natal use of opiates

As numbers of opioid exposed newborns have increased throughout the US, many approaches have been used to improve care of ...

New study examines the resurgence of milk sharing

BALTIMORE - A new study examines the history and resurgence of milk sharing. Findings from the study will be presented ...

Looking for ‘help’ signals in the blood of newborns with HIE

Credit: Children's National BALTIMORE - Measuring a number of biomarkers over time that are produced as the body responds to ...

New study aims to improve outcomes for pregnancies impacted by opioid use disorder

Since 2012, birthing hospitals in Massachusetts started to identify and share best practices for pregnancies impacted by Opioid Use Disorder ...

New AAP PROS study assesses influenza vaccine hesitancy among caregivers of children

Results from the study underscore the importance for the clinical team to broadly address inaccurate perceptions and promote vaccination even ...

New research reviews the state of vaccine safety science

BALTIMORE - A new systematic review provides a succinct summary of the scientific evidence for and/or against causal associations for ...

HPV vaccine coverage is far behind other infant vaccines in many US states