Pediatrics

A recent study has found that the children of women exposed to elevated levels of DDE while they were pregnant had increased rates of pneumonia and bronchitis in their first year of life.

Early intervention programs designed to help parents of premature infants better understand their children’s needs can significantly reduce behavioral problems later in life, researchers in Norway have found.

In this video, Mark Wolraich, MD, FAAP, discusses diagnosing and treating ADHD in young children, emphasizing that diagnosis should be made only after significant symptoms have been present for at least nine months.

Hefty toddlers who stay overweight until age seven have an increased risk of asthma, but toddlers who lose the extra pounds before then suffer no additional risk.

Amidst smartphone applications that transform your thumbs into drumsticks and others that make “whoosh” noises as you swing around your phone/digital lightsaber, there are apps that can actually be quite useful in the medical field.

The process of care algorithm for ADHD was developed to take a physician step-by-step through what things are required in the process and sequence that they're doing it, said Mark Wolraich, MD, FAAP.

The diagnosis in adolescents and young adults in college is a challenge according to Marck Wolraich, MD, FAAP when commenting on the updates made to the ADHD guidelines released in October.

Higher doses of milk protein in dry powder form are more effective than lower doses of liquid milk extract in treating childhood milk allergies, a new study finds.

Elevated stress hormones in infancy appear to be linked to allergies in the first two years of life, a new study finds.

Researchers believe that they may have found an important link to how autistic children process information by studying when and why they blink.

The good news: teenage drinking and cigarette smoking in America is at a historic low. The bad news: marijuana use and prescription drug abuse subsist at high rates, and there’s a new substance to be on the lookout for—synthetic marijuana.

The social networking behemoth today announced the launch of a program initiative that aims to instantly aid users who are expressing suicidal thoughts.

National Influenza Vaccination Week took place from December 4th to the 10th, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took advantage of this opportunity by stressing the importance flu vaccinations.

Mark Wolraich, MD, FAAP, reviews how the new ADHD guidelines released in October will be used to assist with the diagnosis and inaccurate diagnosis of ADHD in children.

Many children with asthma lose control of their condition after discontinuing therapy with long-acting beta agonists, indicates a small-scale study conducted by researchers at the University of Louisville.

Mark Wolraich, MD, FAAP, provides an overview of the changes that were made to the ADHD guidelines released in October.

Over the past few years there has been an increasing amount of mobile technologies that enhance the ability to access public health information and improve the delivery of health services to the public at large, as well as to health care professionals. The ubiquity of cell phones makes SMS text messaging the natural platform to deliver these interventions.

A 13-year-old boy who applied to the Milton Hershey School, a private boarding school which houses and educates young students from low-income families, was denied entry based solely on the fact that he is HIV-positive.

ADHD may be associated with deviations observed in genes which are connected to brain signaling pathways.

According to a nationwide review of data from the in-patient register, 31 of the 33 autoimmune diseases studied were associated with an increased risk of pulmonary embolism (a blood clot on the lung), including type 1 diabetes.