The AAN released guidelines for the treatment of insomnia and disrupted sleep behavior in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. In this Q&A, Ashura Williams Buckley, MD, lead author of...
In this episode, John W. Harrington, MD, speaks about topics making headlines in pediatric news, including a severe infant formula shortage in the United States, gun violence impacting children and...
Juan C. Celedón, MD, DrPh, from the University of Pittsburgh, answers our questions about his research on omics in childhood asthma—a topic he has also spoken about at the Celebration of Pediatric...
Diane Calello, MD, executive and medical director of the New Jersey Poison Control Center at Rutgers News Jersey Medical School, overviews common types and causes of poisonings in toddlers, children, and...
Lead author Joanna E. MacLean, MD, PhD, from the University of Alberta, answers questions about her research on the relationship between bedwetting, nighttime arousal, and OSA in children.
In this Q&A, Charles Hennekens, MD, DrPH, from Florida Atlantic University, discusses trends in firearm deaths among US schoolchildren, intents, and most-affected populations.
Social media is a powerful tool in today’s society and is an important platform for health care providers and organizations to spread positive messages to their patients, their patients’ guardians, and the...
Allen J. Dozor, MD, from New York Medical College, answers our questions about his work in developing high-risk asthma programs, and explains how other practitioners can implement similar programs.
He discusses procalcitonin as a marker for sepsis, how a procalcitonin test fares among other diagnostic tests, and how this testing can guide antibiotic stewardship.
In this article, Scott T. Vergano, MD, writes about an addition to the adult vaccination schedule, vitamin K injections in neonates, new onset of tics in children, and the use of inhaled glucocorticoids in...
