All posts tagged "Pediatrics"
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1.1KHealth NewsWorld’s Most Premature Surviving Baby ‘Happy, Full Of Life’
A baby girl in Texas appears to be making medical history by surviving after being born just 21 weeks into gestation. Infants...
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1.1KHealth NewsChildhood Cancer Survivor Returns To Hospital As Pediatric Nurse
A 24-year-old started working as a nurse at the same hospital where she was a cancer patient years ago. Montana Brown’s dream...
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1.0KHealth NewsAAP Issues Guidelines On Tattoos And Piercings
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued its first clinical report on the topic of tattoos and body piercings, saying that while...
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1.4KHealth News4-Year-Old Dies After Routine Dental Procedure
A four-year-old boy from Washington died Friday after what was supposed to be a routine dental procedure that involved a dose of...
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1.5KHealth NewsAmerican Parents Have Eased Up On Spanking Their Kids
Mothers no longer spank their kids or practice physical discipline as often as before, an analysis of four national surveys shows. In...
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1.4KHealth NewsPediatricians Update Guidelines: Toddlers Can Video Call, Older Kids Can Go Online
According to revised recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, it’s alright for babies and toddlers to video call, and for older...
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1.5KHealth NewsEarlier Bedtime For Kids Lessens Chances For Obesity Later On
Earlier bedtimes for pre-schoolers may lessen their chances for becoming obese when they grow up to become teenagers, Web MD reports. Scientists...
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1.7KHealth NewsNearly 2 Million American Kids Suffer From Concussions Yearly
Nearly 2 million American children and teenagers may suffer concussions yearly, new research says. The same study reports that the frequency of...
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2.0KHealth NewsAsthma Rates Level In Some Children, Not Others
A new study being released next month indicates that childhood asthma prevalence, once considered a rising epidemic, seems to have dropped in...
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2.2KNutrition NewsPediatricians Asked To Take Initiative In Fight Against Childhood Hunger
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a recommendation to all Pediatricians, requesting that they begin screening all of their patients for food insecurity....
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1.6KHealth NewsAntibiotics Overused In Prenatal ICUs, Study Suggests
California health officials analyzed the medical care of more than 52,000 infants in 127 neonatal intensive care units across the state in...
