NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children with overactive bladder who have not responded to behavioral therapy and treatment with oxybutynin or tolterodine may be helped by treatment with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) is safe for treating kidney stones in children, with no impact on kidney function, prospective study results suggest.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A Policy Statement issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics on recommendations for influenza prevention in children for the 2010-2011 season draws attention…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is as effective as the 7-valent vaccine, which it replaces, in protecting against disease caused by the original…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Perioperative dexamethasone does not boost the risk of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage, according to a large retrospective study reported in the August Archives of Otolaryngology…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children with mild to moderate asthma have better pulmonary function and require less rescue medication if they take budesonide/formoterol (BUD/FM; Symbicort) twice a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Babies born at a gestational age of 30-35 weeks can be safely transferred from the incubator to an open crib once they reach…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Epileptic seizures in children can be terminated at home just as well with intranasal midazolam as with rectal diazepam, a comparison study shows.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For children with type 1 diabetes being treated with an insulin pump, lowering the basal insulin rate after exercise reduces the occurrence of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The accuracy of dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scintigraphy for detecting vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in young children with urinary tract infections is such that it…