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) – Adolescent girls with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes are more likely to have structural and functional cardiac abnormalities than are their healthy peers…
Kim Hunter-Schaedle, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of the Children’s Tumor Foundation, discusses the role of the CTF in education and research of neurofibromatosis, a disorder of tumor suppressors.…
Anatoly Belilovsky, MD, pediatrician, discusses the art of history taking in asthma and the importance of prescribing medication that is appropriate for small or large airway disease. Dr.…
Anatoly Belilovsky, MD, pediatrician, discusses the difficulties of asthma diagnosis and the use of peak flow meters and spirometry to assess asthma severity. Dr. Belilovsky is Listed in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In an unselected cohort of female patients aged 4 to 15 years old with no reported history of sexual contact, more than one…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Infants born to mothers with depression are at increased risk for sleep disturbances from 2 to 24 weeks of age, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Early postnatal magnesium sulfate infusions are neuroprotective in term infants with severe perinatal asphyxia, according to a prospective trial conducted in India and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) during the first year of life among infants vertically infected with HIV preserves the normal immune…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with severe atopic dermatitis prone to infections, a regimen of dilute sodium hypochlorite baths and intermittent intranasal mupirocin reduces disease severity,…