New research being highlighted at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in San Francisco reveals that firearms injuries caused more than 5,800 U.S. youth to be hospitalized in 2012, or roughly 16 children each day.
May 4, 2017
New research being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting suggests online health information can influence whether parents trust a diagnosis made by their child's doctor, potentially leading to delayed ...
May 4, 2017
New research suggests a revamped, "common sense" approach to treating newborns suffering opioid withdrawal—gauging whether the baby can eat, sleep and be consoled within 10 minutes before administering drugs to wean them ...
May 4, 2017
The number of children and adolescents admitted to children's hospitals for thoughts of suicide or self-harm more than doubled during the last decade, according to new research being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic ...
May 4, 2017
Visits by teens to a Colorado children's hospital emergency department and its satellite urgent care centers increased rapidly after legalization of marijuana for commercialized medical and recreational use, according to ...
May 4, 2017
Parents choosing foods for their children are significantly more likely to purchase "health halo" products - branded to cause misleading assumptions of good nutritional value - when they only view package images and don't ...
May 4, 2017
New research being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting found adolescents who reported greatest access to guns—either in their own home or a friend's - also were among those with higher risk for violent ...
May 4, 2017
Many children with Autism Spectrum Disorder face increased risk of injury when they wander away from adults who care for them. Even when parents take safety precautions such as installing window bars at home, studies show ...
May 4, 2017
New research being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting suggest that when children lose state Medicaid coverage even for a short time, they are likely to go without needed health care, or to receive ...
May 4, 2017
