Ask the Pediatrician: Especially this time of year, all my kids want to eat is sweets. What should I do?

by Nimali FernandoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain"Can I have a treat?""I want candy!"Sound familiar?Many kids may still have a stash of Halloween candy, and soon other holiday tr

Updated on: June 04,2024 6

Ask the Pediatrician: Especially this time of year, all my kids want to eat is sweets. What should I do?

by Nimali FernandoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain"Can I have a treat?""I want candy!"Sound familiar?Many kids may still have a stash of Halloween candy, and soon other holiday tr

Updated on:June 04,2024 6

What you need to know about the infant formula recall

If you're a parent using Similac, Alimentum or EleCare infant formulas, here's updated facts on the ongoing product recall.As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigates, Abbott Nutriti

Updated on: February 24,2024 19

What you need to know about the infant formula recall

If you're a parent using Similac, Alimentum or EleCare infant formulas, here's updated facts on the ongoing product recall.As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigates, Abbott Nutriti

Updated on:February 24,2024 19

Teens and screens: 7 ways tried-and-true parenting approaches can help navigate family conflict

by Tom Hollenstein and Katie Faulkner,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainConflict is a normal and functional part ofthe parent-adolescent relationship, contributing to the d

Updated on: July 01,2024 5

Teens and screens: 7 ways tried-and-true parenting approaches can help navigate family conflict

by Tom Hollenstein and Katie Faulkner,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainConflict is a normal and functional part ofthe parent-adolescent relationship, contributing to the d

Updated on:July 01,2024 5

Vaccination software tool shown to boost uptake of MMR vaccine in children in UK

byQueen Mary, University of LondonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA software tool developed by Queen Mary University of London's Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG) and used as part of a fa

Updated on: December 11,2024 0

Vaccination software tool shown to boost uptake of MMR vaccine in children in UK

byQueen Mary, University of LondonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA software tool developed by Queen Mary University of London's Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG) and used as part of a fa

Updated on:December 11,2024 0

Pediatric pulmonologist discusses how to know when asthma becomes life-threatening

by Patti Verbanas,Rutgers UniversityChildren with asthma use inhalers to relieve some of their symptoms, which include coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Credit: Tradim

Updated on: February 27,2024 15

Pediatric pulmonologist discusses how to know when asthma becomes life-threatening

by Patti Verbanas,Rutgers UniversityChildren with asthma use inhalers to relieve some of their symptoms, which include coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Credit: Tradim

Updated on:February 27,2024 15

Preventing brain damage in preterm babies

by Monash UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainHudson Institute researchers have conducted the first attempts to collect umbilical cord blood cells, with a view to using them to prevent br

Updated on: April 02,2024 11

Preventing brain damage in preterm babies

by Monash UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainHudson Institute researchers have conducted the first attempts to collect umbilical cord blood cells, with a view to using them to prevent br

Updated on:April 02,2024 11

Ask the Pediatrician: How do I get my baby to sleep?

by Rachel Y. Moon, MD, FAAP, American Academy of PediatricsCredit: CC0 Public DomainVirtually every day, pediatricians hear questions from parents worried their children aren't sleeping well. Conc

Updated on: June 05,2024 6

Ask the Pediatrician: How do I get my baby to sleep?

by Rachel Y. Moon, MD, FAAP, American Academy of PediatricsCredit: CC0 Public DomainVirtually every day, pediatricians hear questions from parents worried their children aren't sleeping well. Conc

Updated on:June 05,2024 6

Weight-loss treatment for kids in pediatric primary care shown to work best when it's family-focused

by Ellen Goldbaum,University at BuffaloCredit:JAMA(2023). DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.8061Obesity runs in families. That fact is at the root of an intensive, behavioral, family-based trea

Updated on: April 01,2024 16

Weight-loss treatment for kids in pediatric primary care shown to work best when it's family-focused

by Ellen Goldbaum,University at BuffaloCredit:JAMA(2023). DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.8061Obesity runs in families. That fact is at the root of an intensive, behavioral, family-based trea

Updated on:April 01,2024 16

Health of Black, Native moms key in fight to improve infant death disparities, experts say

by Nada HassaneinCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe U.S. infant mortality rate continued its downward trend in 2019, but Black babies still died twice as often as white babies, according to a Center

Updated on: February 20,2024 20

Health of Black, Native moms key in fight to improve infant death disparities, experts say

by Nada HassaneinCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe U.S. infant mortality rate continued its downward trend in 2019, but Black babies still died twice as often as white babies, according to a Center

Updated on:February 20,2024 20

McDonald's seems to be focusing on kids in lower-middle income countries, social media posts suggest

by British Medical JournalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFast food giant McDonald's seems to be focusing on kids in lower middle income countries, with more Instagram posts, price promotio

Updated on: February 20,2024 20

McDonald's seems to be focusing on kids in lower-middle income countries, social media posts suggest

by British Medical JournalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFast food giant McDonald's seems to be focusing on kids in lower middle income countries, with more Instagram posts, price promotio

Updated on:February 20,2024 20

Half of trans and nonbinary youth in the US 'seriously considered' suicide in the past year, according to survey

by Muri AssunçãoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAbout half of young trans and nonbinary youth in the U.S. have seriously contemplated suicide in the past year, as a record-breaking number of bills re

Updated on: April 22,2024 15

Half of trans and nonbinary youth in the US 'seriously considered' suicide in the past year, according to survey

by Muri AssunçãoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAbout half of young trans and nonbinary youth in the U.S. have seriously contemplated suicide in the past year, as a record-breaking number of bills re

Updated on:April 22,2024 15

Microbial strains show individualized patterns of stability in the developing infant gut

by Jeff Hansen,University of Alabama at BirminghamCredit: CC0 Public DomainSince 2017, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers Casey Morrow, Ph.D., and Hyunmin Koo, Ph.D., have used powe

Updated on: May 17,2024 7

Microbial strains show individualized patterns of stability in the developing infant gut

by Jeff Hansen,University of Alabama at BirminghamCredit: CC0 Public DomainSince 2017, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers Casey Morrow, Ph.D., and Hyunmin Koo, Ph.D., have used powe

Updated on:May 17,2024 7