NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children aged 6 months to 8 years usually require two doses of influenza vaccine, but if they were vaccinated last season they only…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children with cystic fibrosis and recently acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection fare as well with either cycled or culture-based tobramycin inhalation therapy, results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New clinical guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend a less invasive approach to the diagnosis and management of urinary tract…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The choice of vaccine for prevention of varicella may differ according to the age of the child, according to updated recommendations from the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is significantly higher for those whose sibling also had VTE, researchers from Sweden report in the August…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Currently available evidence supports pulse oximetry screening of newborns for low blood oxygen saturation to detect critical congenital heart disease (CCHD), according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Discontinuation of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy after esophagitis has healed does not worsen heartburn symptoms or cause persistent hypergastrinemia, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The response of adolescents with migraine to treatment with combination sumatriptan and naproxen sodium is similar to that seen in adults, with no…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intensive treatment of type 2 diabetes that’s detected early through screening does not seem to reduce rates of subsequent complications, a Danish study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The beta-blocker propranolol is superior to traditional first-line oral corticosteroids in the treatment of infantile hemangiomas (IHs), conclude pediatric dermatologists from Miami, Florida.…