What is croup? Its symptoms and treatment
Croup can be a scary thing for new parents to watch their babies struggle with, so here is a primer on what it is and how to best treat it.
Oct 9, 2023
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Croup can be a scary thing for new parents to watch their babies struggle with, so here is a primer on what it is and how to best treat it.
Oct 9, 2023
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Every eight minutes, a child experiences a medication error at home. These mistakes can be life-threatening.
Oct 9, 2023
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Emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions for eating disorders increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents aged 10–17 years, as did ED visits among young adults and older adults, according to new ...
Oct 3, 2023
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With Halloween around the corner, it's a good time to consider ways to improve the safety of trick-or-treaters planning to roam neighborhoods and communities. The holiday brings delight to many but also heightens the risk ...
Oct 2, 2023
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New tests of a recently approved vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus—RSV—show the shot remains effective against a range of variants producing potent antibody responses against current and past strains, and may even ...
B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is one of the most common forms of childhood cancer. The overall survival rate is more than 80%, but not in all subtypes; in leukemia with the highest incidence among infants, in ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Most parents want to provide more for their children than their parents were able to do for them. But have you ever noticed how kids tend to have fun with things as simple as a cardboard box?
Sep 25, 2023
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A world-first discovery has revealed special immune cells called "killer T cells" in older adults, directed against influenza viruses, closely resemble those found in newborns and children, but struggle to recognize infected ...
Sep 25, 2023
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Parents can often find themselves staring in bewilderment at the little human they helped to create.
Sep 22, 2023
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Inhaled nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas, should be used more widely to manage children's pain and distress when they undergo emergency treatment in hospitals, says a University of Alberta expert.
Sep 18, 2023
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