The latest update to the HEEADSSS psychosocial interview for adolescents includes new questions on electronic media use in addition to its time-tested strategies for identifying the critical stressors ...

Labor was induced at term in a 29-year-old woman who had had an uneventful pregnancy. Her baby weighed 3575 g (7 lb, 14 oz). The neonate’s left arm was internally rotated with flexion at the wrist. He ...

Sahithi Talasila is a first-year medical student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

Kelley Scott, DNP, FNP-BC, ENP-C, is a family nurse practitioner at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tiffani Johnson, MD, MSC, FAAP, enthralled a packed room at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2019 National Conference & Exhibition Friday afternoon when she led session attendees to admit that they ...

A recent study combined the efforts of child psychology and nutrition experts at Johns Hopkins University and several Australian research centers to investigate how much we really know about why ...

A pediatrician warns of the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, urging awareness of their devastating impacts on children's health. As a pediatrician who trained 40-plus years ago, I am ...

Thyroid problems can be worrisome, but relatively few children referred for workup for an abnormal thyroid test have clinically significant disease. Choosing the right screening tests can prevent ...

Marian F. Earls, MD, MTS, FAAP, is board certified in both general pediatrics and developmental and behavioral pediatrics. Her career has focused on Medicaid and Early and Periodic Screening, ...

Religious faith doesn't come up regularly in examining room conversation. Yet patients--and parents--beliefs can sometimes affect medical care. Religious faith doesn't come up regularly in examining ...

Video games improve cognitive performance in children, developing the visual, attention, and memory processing cortex of the brain, according to a recent study. Following the growth of video games in ...

At the 2022 AAP National Conference & Exhibition, 2 clinicians dissect the best ways to establish communication between health care provider and caregiver in order to create optimal health outcomes ...