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
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
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
Head Trauma Guidelines Often Abandoned for Young Patients in the ED "There's a lot of room for improvement," researcher says Oct 29, 2021
Sudden Psychosis, Abnormal CSF in Three Teens With COVID In two cases, patients responded to immunotherapy Oct 25, 2021
CPR on a COVID Patient: Not a Moment to Waste Looking for PPE Updated AHA guidance says resuscitation should not be delayed by mask availability Oct 14, 2021
Egg-Free Flu Shot Works for Kids Novel platform for growing virus to make vaccine on par with traditional egg-based vaccine Oct 13, 2021
FDA Nudges Restaurants, Food Manufacturers to Cut Sodium Voluntary guidance aims to reduce Americans' sodium intake by 12% Oct 13, 2021
Some Teens Want to Quit Vaping: Pediatricians Can Help Anne Griffiths, MD, discusses vaping trends, risks for COVID, and more Oct 13, 2021
Hospital Policy Slashes IV Acetaminophen Use for Tonsillectomy Standing orders for oral use led to better care, reduced cost, researchers said Oct 12, 2021
Perinatal COVID: More Answers Needed on Preterm Birth, Maternal Mortality Evolving questions about new moms and infants during the pandemic Oct 11, 2021
Collateral Damage of COVID-19: Home Injuries, Suicides in Kids? Trends during a period when many kids were kept out of school Oct 10, 2021
Study: Kids Exposed to Harmful Plastics During Heart Surgery Are tubing and blood bags sources of trouble? Oct 09, 2021
Is This the Future of Corticosteroids? Novel agent, aimed at doing away with adverse metabolic effects, proves mettle in DMD Oct 05, 2021
Hospitalizations, Intubations Surged in Kids in Arkansas During Delta Public health data suggests variant may lead to more severe outcomes in children Oct 03, 2021
