When she was in ninth grade, Fiona Lu fell into a depression. She had trouble adjusting to her new high school in Orange County, California, and felt so isolated and exhausted that she cried every morning.
Apr 4, 2024
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A study published in the Journal of Global Health has analyzed data from more than 6,600 families with a child with a neurodevelopmental condition (NDC)—autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, developmental language ...
Jul 31, 2023
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For many busy families, online access to a child's health provider for medical advice, health records or prescription refills is likely a convenient option.
Jul 17, 2023
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Parental concerns about child's weight and encouraging their child to diet increase the likelihood of weight-based teasing by family members, according to a new study from researchers at the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy ...
Nov 9, 2020
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For most parents, to say the the COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful would be a dramatic understatement. The combination of financial pressure, loss of child care and health concerns is exceedingly challenging for families. ...
Aug 17, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Most pediatricians are aware of the 2017 Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy in the United States, but less than one-third are fully implementing them, according to a study published online ...
Jul 17, 2020
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Health apps have become a popular tool among teens and adults to track fitness, weight loss, sleep and even menstrual cycles—but are they appropriate for tweens?
May 18, 2020
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The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends against using a screening tool to identify developmental delay in children aged 1 to 4 years who have no apparent signs or parental concerns, according to a new ...
Mar 29, 2016
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Is short stature a problem? In particular, when it does not result from an underlying disease, does it justify giving a child nightly injections of human growth hormone?
Dec 10, 2015
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New research suggests that children are far less likely to be diagnosed with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the UK than they are in the USA. However, the same study, led by the University of Exeter Medical ...
Aug 28, 2013
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