Psychometric Testing for ADHD and the Diagnostic Process "Because it's psychiatry, testing has not been more widely adopted," says Benjamin Cheyette Apr 24, 2023 video
Kids' Epilepsy Tied to Group B Strep Meningitis, not Sepsis, in Infancy Risk more than 15-fold higher following invasive Group B Streptococcus meningitis Apr 21, 2023
Manufacturer's Troponin Reference Values Don't Apply to Kids Different thresholds for myocardial injury suggested for pediatric patients Apr 21, 2023
Will Proposed ACGME Requirements Have Consequences for Kids With Autism? More strategic and thoughtful updates are necessary Apr 21, 2023
Youth Suicide Attempts by Poisoning Jumped During the Pandemic Findings raise concerns about long-term consequences, researchers say Apr 20, 2023
Transplant Chief Was an Organ Recipient Herself Years ago, she had a liver transplant. Now she leads Hopkins' pediatric liver transplant program Apr 19, 2023
Cerebral Oximetry Not a Lifesaver for Extremely Preterm Infants No significant changes in death or brain injury in NICU patients Apr 19, 2023
ADHD Drug Abuse in Schools; Bizarre Ozempic Dreams; COVID Ups Diabetes Risk Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Apr 19, 2023
Pediatricians Often Going It Alone for Kids' Anxiety, Depression Treatment PCPs "rising to the challenge," study author says, yet there are areas for improvement Apr 17, 2023
Polypharmacy Isn't the Answer for Adolescent Mental Health Youth need broader access to non-pharmaceutical interventions from trained professionals Apr 15, 2023
Genomics Can Help Diagnose Rare Pediatric Diseases Large study found genomic analysis delivered answers for 41% of kids with undiagnosed disease Apr 12, 2023
Gun Deaths Among Kids Have Surged: Report Analysis of CDC data finds 50% increase in just 2 years Apr 11, 2023
The Medical System Is Failing Black Kids With Severe Mental Illness We can and must do better Apr 09, 2023
Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best Pediatric neurologist braces himself for worst case scenario Apr 07, 2023 podcast
Brain Injury Seen in Two Neonates Whose Mothers Had COVID Infants were born early in the pandemic, before COVID vaccines were available Apr 07, 2023
Leading Causes of Death Hit Childhood Cancer Survivors Earlier But excess risk lowest in survivors with a healthy lifestyle Apr 06, 2023
CAR T-Cell Therapy Feasible, Safe in Advanced Neuroblastoma ORR of 63% with GD2-targeting product in kids with relapsed, refractory high-risk disease Apr 06, 2023
ART Outcomes Mostly Better for Lesbian vs Heterosexual Couples Findings suggest it's not the treatment, but infertility factors that lead to adverse outcomes Apr 04, 2023
Interferon Blocker Crushes Macrophage Activation Syndrome Small trial shows promise for treating life-threatening complication of rheumatic diseases Apr 03, 2023
Lithium in Local Drinking Water During Pregnancy Tied to Kids' Autism Researchers found an increased risk in a Danish population-based study Apr 03, 2023
U.S. Study Backs 'Helper' Virus Theory in Kids' Mystery Hepatitis Cases In small study of children with severe hepatitis, 93% of blood samples tested positive for AAV2 Mar 31, 2023
WHO Booster Update: Here's What They Got Right and Wrong The organization placed due emphasis on vulnerable groups Mar 30, 2023
'Enhanced' Eczema Treatment Cut Food Allergy Risk, but at What Cost? Early skin treatment in infants reduced weight and height compared with conventional approach Mar 29, 2023
'No Safe Place': Shooting Hits Home for Nashville Doctors Pediatric surgeon: "Why are our children being massacred in their schools?" Mar 29, 2023
Kids' Mental Health Hospitalizations Surged Over Past Decade A majority of these hospitalizations included a diagnosis of attempted suicide or self-injury Mar 28, 2023
Children Do Well With Fewer Opiates After Surgery Hospital outcomes similar when reserving opiates for breakthrough pain Mar 27, 2023
Pediatric ICU Cases Becoming More Complex in Recent Years Larger share now have underlying comorbidity, require feeding tubes or respiratory support Mar 27, 2023
Pitolisant Safe and Effective in Children With Narcolepsy First study in a pediatric population, with findings similar to adults Mar 24, 2023
Autism Prevalence Is Up, CDC Report Shows But early evaluations in young children started to fall as pandemic set in Mar 23, 2023
At-Home Topical Therapy for Molluscum Contagiosum Gets High Marks Almost 40% of patients had no more than one active lesion after 12 weeks of berdazimer gel Mar 23, 2023
Fatty Acid Tube Feeding May Backfire for Preemie Breathing Disorder Supplemental nutrition did not stave off bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature infants Mar 22, 2023
Rapid Improvement in Atopic Dermatitis With Topical PDE4 Inhibitor Disease status, itch improved significantly within 1 to 2 weeks with roflumilast cream Mar 20, 2023
Pulse Oximeters Confirmed to Be Biased for Black Kids These patients are prone to get false negatives in hypoxemia Mar 20, 2023
Sickle Cell Disease Patients Miss Out on Decades of Life What effects might emerging therapies have on real-world survival? Mar 17, 2023
Outbreak of Polio Linked to Newer Oral Vaccine Detected in Africa First cases reported from nOPV2, but not completely unexpected, says polio eradication group Mar 17, 2023
Treating Gender Nonconforming Youth Goes Beyond the Physical We must approach care for every patient from the lens of treating the entire individual Mar 15, 2023
Want to Make E-Cigs a Turnoff for Kids? Try Standardized Packaging Young people say their peers would be less interested in plain packaging versus branded packages Mar 14, 2023
