Pediatrics

Preschools top home-based care in preparing children for school

Children receiving formal, classroom-based preschool receive significantly higher-quality care and have better reading and math skills than peers who receive informal child care before kindergarten, according to a new study ...

Pediatrics

CDC: Fatal abusive head trauma among children down in the US

(HealthDay)—Half as many infants and preschoolers in the United States are dying from abusive head trauma as in 2009, according to research published in the May 27 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ...

Cardiology

Two decades have brought little change for women in cardiology

Female cardiologists are less likely than their male counterparts to get married and have children and more likely to face challenges related to child care, family leave policies and professional discrimination, according ...

Pediatrics

Get sleep sorted by age 5 to help children settle at school

A child who soothes themselves back to sleep from an early age adjusts to school more easily than those who don't, new QUT research has found. The Australian study revealed one in three children have escalating problems sleeping ...

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