A subtle type of seizure goes undetected two thirds of the time in pediatric emergency departments, a new study shows ..read more

Social media. The climate crisis. Political polarization. The tumult of a pandemic and online learning. Teens today are dealing with unprecedented stressors, and over the past decade, their mental health has been in sustained decline. Levels of anxiety and depression rose after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic ..read more

The health care sector plays a vital role in supporting early childhood development and providing resources to parents and caregivers, to ensure their children are thriving. However, parents who identify as Two-Spirit (2S) or as LGBTQIA+ continue to face heteronormative messaging when accessing such resources and support services ..read more

Children's sporting events are a fun time to cheer on the kids and socialize, but they can quickly go south if parents act excessively competitive. A Baylor College of Medicine child and adolescent psychiatrist details the impact of poor sports behavior on kids ..read more

An index of neighborhood environmental and social conditions can help to predict the risk of severe asthma among children at the hyperlocal level, according to a study led by Emily Skeen, MD, a University of Colorado School of Medicine fellow ..read more

Pre-term babies consuming donor breast milk may be missing out on important hormones, such as melatonin, which are crucial for healthy infant development according to La Trobe University research ..read more

Having a child with food allergies isn't easy to manage, and now new research shows that most of these parents turn to social media for medical advice ..read more

Due to a later melatonin onset and increased alertness in the evening, teenagers often find it hard to fall asleep at a time that would allow them to clock up the recommended eight to ten hours of sleep each night ..read more

If you're preparing to register your child for summer sports camps and fall, team sports, Nirav Pandya, MD, orthopedic surgeon at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, has some suggestions for how to help your kids avoid common repetitive injuries. Kids who play a variety of sports, rather than specializing in one, at a young age tend to experience fewer injuries overall on average, Pandya says. That's because specializing in a single sport when kids are young comes with risks ..read more

Children who are recovering from severe pneumonia could safely switch from injectable to oral antibiotics earlier, allowing them to come home from hospital sooner. This is according to new results from the PediCAP clinical trial, presented April 29 at the ESCMID Global conference in Barcelona ..read more