Brian Eble, MD, shares his journey into pediatric cardiology, emphasizing the profound impact of teamwork in saving children’s lives. Reflecting on advancements in treating sudden cardiac events, congenital…
Beth A. Vogt, MD discusses Post-infectious Glomerulonephritis (GN), often following strep infections, affects children aged 5-15. Symptoms typically emerge 7-14 days post-infection and include cola-colored urine, edema, hypertension,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Survival of extremely premature infants (less than 26 weeks’ gestation) can’t be predicted by appearance at birth and early response to resuscitation, according…
Reza Jarrahy MD, Assistant Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, discusses micrognathia and the associated respiratory distress that occurs in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving the antihistamines ranitidine or diphenhydramine to patients with perforated appendicitis dramatically increases their risk of an intra-abdominal abscess, according to a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While rates of childhood pneumonia have fallen in the U.S., the pediatric pneumonia that does occur is more often complicated by empyema, investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sonographic surveillance of newborns with mild hip dysplasia can reduce the need for early abduction splinting without increasing the risk of persistent or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stimulant medications show greater efficacy than nonstimulants for treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults, according to a new meta-analysis. Study authors Dr. Stephen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Only two visits to the pulmonary function lab — one for pre- and post-bronchodilatory spirometry and one for a methacholine challenge test —…
Gary Small, MD, Director, UCLA Center on Aging, University of California, Los Angeles, discusses a recent study, “Your Brain on Google” in which blood flow patterns were compared…
Reza Jarrahy, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA, discusses cleft lip and palate, which has an incidence of around one in 600 births.Surgical interventions…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It makes no difference whether internal tocodynamometry or external monitoring is used during induced or augmented labor – either way, the rate of…
