CDC Reports Warn of Teen 'Mental Health Crisis' During Pandemic In survey, over one-third of high school students reported poor mental health Mar 31, 2022
FDA: Monitor Tots' Thyroids After Receiving 'Contrast Dye' Agency releases new recommendation as follow-up to 2015 warning Mar 30, 2022
Pediatrician Helped Care for Ukrainian Orphans Near Lviv Gordon Duval, DO, filled 21 suitcases with donated medical supplies Mar 29, 2022
Florida's Surgeon General Is Sending a Dangerous Message Pediatricians and leaders must reinforce that the COVID vaccine is safe and effective in kids Mar 15, 2022
Are Crossed Eyes a Risk Factor for Mental Illness in Kids? Study showed moderate association between strabismus and some childhood mental health disorders Mar 10, 2022
Dave Grohl's Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Despite battling hearing loss for decades, the Foo Fighters star can still mix albums and perform Mar 09, 2022
Shorter Treatment for Nonsevere TB Succeeds in Kids Safe, less costly, and with similar efficacy, randomized trial in Africa and India finds Mar 09, 2022
Texas Children's Hospital Puts Gender-Affirming Care on Pause Nation's largest pediatric hospital halts hormone therapy, citing possible legal ramifications Mar 08, 2022
Concussions Linked to Mental Health Issues in Kids Higher risks of self-harm and psychiatric hospitalization seen vs orthopedic injury Mar 07, 2022
End to Public Health Emergency Is Bad News for Millions on Medicaid Coverage losses are likely to hit children particularly hard Mar 03, 2022
Kids With IBD Need Close Monitoring as They Grow Up Meta-analysis confirms: substantially increased cancer risk in adulthood Mar 02, 2022
Insulin Supplement in Preterm Babies' Milk Bolstered Feedings Both low- and high-dose insulin hastened time to full enteral feeding Mar 01, 2022
Tic Severity in Teens Rises With Social Media Use During Pandemic Study adds to findings linking tics and tic-like behaviors with possible pandemic stress Feb 28, 2022
One Nutty Gene: Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Outcomes Affected by HLA Allele Carriers of immune system gene variant show better response to treatment Feb 28, 2022
Gender-Affirming Meds Have Drastic Impact on Suicide Risk in Trans Youth Researchers call for legislature to support access to care for at-risk youth Feb 25, 2022
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Can Internet Addiction Be Prevented in High School? Behavioral intervention targeted at-risk adolescents with some success Feb 18, 2022
COVID Makes Everything Worse in Pregnancy And those with HIV experienced the worst outcomes Feb 17, 2022
ART-Free Strategy Could Control HIV in Some African Kids Broadly neutralizing antibodies show promise in proof-of-concept study in Botswana Feb 16, 2022
Evidence for Stroke Thrombectomy in Kids 'as Good as It Gets' Expansion of EVT bolstered by population-based study from Australia Feb 11, 2022
Glaucoma Risk Persists Years After Cataract Surgery in Young Children "Lifelong follow-up" is important for these kids Feb 10, 2022
Illusionist Criss Angel's Son's Acute Leukemia Famed magician speaks about the long battle Feb 09, 2022
FDA Warns of Strangulation Risk for Kids on Feeding Tubes Two toddlers died after being found with enteral feeding systems' tubing around their necks Feb 09, 2022
Which Kids Are More Likely to Develop MIS-C? Large U.S. pediatric cohort examined variables that contribute to higher risk Feb 08, 2022
More Evidence Fuels Debate Over Strep Infections and Tics Group A strep not tied to tics in kids with family history Feb 03, 2022
ED Readiness Key to Kids' Survival After Trauma Visits Study finds 30% lower mortality risk at EDs ranking at the top for pediatric readiness Feb 02, 2022
Warning Labels on Sugary Drinks: Do They Work? Randomized trial found picture warning labels turned parents off Feb 01, 2022
Adult Congenital Heart Surgery: Go for the Pediatric Specialists? Study suggests worse outcomes at adult centers with expertise in other heart surgeries Jan 31, 2022
Extremely Preterm Babies Have Higher Risk of Eye Problems as Adults Study followed participants for 20 years, though attrition was significant Jan 28, 2022
Post-Vax Myocarditis Most Pervasive in High-School Boys Reports of myocarditis remained rare in passive surveillance Jan 25, 2022
Gene Therapy Shows Clinical Benefit in Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Motor development, cognitive function preserved in early-onset patients Jan 24, 2022
Type 1 Diabetes Diagnoses Spiked During the Pandemic Single-center study capturing a full year finds 57% increase in new-onset disease Jan 24, 2022
Do Cash Gifts for Mothers in Poverty Help Kids' Early Brain Activity? Early study results show patterns associated with the development of cognitive skills Jan 24, 2022
Oral Peanut Allergy Tx May Be Even More Effective in Younger Children Earlier oral immunotherapy "ready for immediate real-world implementation," editorialists argue Jan 20, 2022
What Caused RSV to Roar Back During COVID? Multinational study pinpoints the most important drivers of the seasonal illness Jan 19, 2022
Survival Rates Among Extremely Preterm Infants Keep Improving But rehospitalization and neurodevelopmental impairment are common Jan 18, 2022
False Positive COVID Tests; Cannabis and Car Accidents Also in TTHealthWatch: diabetes risk among kids with COVID Jan 15, 2022 podcast
COVID in Kids Under 5 May Look Like Croup, Pediatricians Warn Barking cough may be specific to Omicron Jan 13, 2022