Pediatrics News

The Guam Diabetes Association will hold a free diabetes session beginning at 5:30 p.m. Feb.

In today world parents and caregivers are face with challenges. Recently there have been a lot of cases with children and their speech.

Dr. Pamela Murray, vice chairwoman of the Department of Pediatrics and chief of adolescent medicine at West Virginia University, offers this advice for better health: 1. Get sugar drinks -- and other calorie-dense foods -- out of the house.

Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Stem Cell Research Article Date: 12 Feb 2012 - 0:00 PST In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers reported that early transplantation of human placenta-derived ... (more)

Main Category: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Genetics Article Date: 12 Feb 2012 - 0:00 PST In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers reported findings that indicate that massively parallel sequencing can be used ... (more)

In 2010-11, CARDIAC screened about 1,300 Kanawha County 5th-graders, including this Midland Trail student.

Sometimes children exhibit unusual behaviors between the ages of 3 to 6. While it is always best to consult your pediatrician, here are some symptoms that could indicate the onset of autism: Some of these signs may of course be due to perfectly normal circumstances, such as illness, jealousy toward a sibling, playing games, etc.. If however a ... (more)

Are you struggling to help your child lose weight and make healthier choices? Learn helpful and effective strategies by enrolling in the Happy Kids, Smart Weight program at the Wilfred R. Cameron Wellness Center of The Washington Hospital-just a short drive from Canonsburg , North Strabane and Cecil .

More and more parents are taking their babies, even newborns, to chiropractors for regular adjustments! In fact the office we went to has seen a 10-12% increase! We were curious as to how this works and why babies would even need this type of treatment.

Start the transition to gynecological care by emphasizing the pediatrician is a trusted source of accurate information for your daughter.

But the drugs their mothers took are causing more newborns in the Sacramento area to spend their first days of life suffering through the pains of withdrawal.

There is a proposal to relocate to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, something that was proposed nearly 10 years ago.

Area high school students can use their cell phones and laptops to help and encourage their peers during the third annual "Spread the Love-a-thon" aimed at preventing youth suicide, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb.

For the sixth consecutive year, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island has been named a Center of Excellence for Neonatal Care by the Clinical Sciences Institute of OptumHealth , an independent audit company.

In November, the question of whether that pediatrician could ethically refuse to treat the child was debated on the Armchair Ethicist , and here as well.

In a nod to the growing problem of childhood obesity, the state Board of Education recently approved a proposal that would require schools to calculate and record a child's body mass index, which relates to body fat.

A new study published Monday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine surveyed nearly 4,000 public and private elementary schools from 2006 to 2010 and found school kids have ready access to vending machines, snack bars, school stores and a la carte lines which sell "unhealthy" snack foods.

Two children in the Eugene-Springfield are hospitalized after becoming very ill with a potentially-deadly and highly-contagious disease.

Children of diabetic pregnancies have a greater risk of childhood obesity, but new research from the Colorado School of Public Health shows breastfeeding can reduce this threat.

The new facility has been designed by HMC Architects and is being developed by McCarthy Construction.