Doctors can now better assess a woman’s potential for a difficult childbirth through the use of a newly developed software and magnetic resonance imaging.
Because a woman’s birth canal is curved and only a little wider than a fetus’s head, a baby must proceed through the canal in a specific sequence of moves. A failure during [...]
The risk of a child being hit by a car is roughly four times higher on Halloween than any other night of the year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And that’s a big risk when you consider an estimated 40 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 could hit the [...]
A growing number of young children are being treated in America’s hospitals and emergency rooms for being accidentally poisoned with medication, according to a new study.
The rise in exposure to prescription products has been so striking that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established the PROTECT Initiative, intended to prevent unintended medication overdoses [...]
With record high temperatures nationwide and reports of 21 hyperthermia-related child deaths already this summer, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is stepping up its efforts to prevent these needless deaths.
Children left alone in vehicles during hot weather are at risk of a serious injury or death from hyperthermia. According to NHTSA research, hyperthermia is [...]
A new study reveals that young children experience high levels of pain in their wrists and fingers following long term use of gaming devices and mobile phones, indicating that excessive gaming may negatively impact joint health.
The study, involving 257 students, highlights that a higher degree of pain was experienced with the use of gaming devices [...]
Extremely premature babies fed human donor milk are less likely to develop a dangerous intestinal condition than babies fed a standard premature infant formula derived from cow’s milk, according to new research.
Only one of the 29 infants who received human milk developed the dangerous intestinal condition necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and recovered without surgery, compared with [...]
Some parents may have enough difficulty getting their toddlers strapped into their car seats, but that may be just half the battle.
A new, small study of parents in Colorado reveals another potential roadblock to child passenger safety: youngsters unbuckling themselves while the vehicle is moving.
Such incidents are alarming as restraining children inappropriately in a vehicle [...]
Inflammatory bowel disease is becoming increasingly common in kids, but many of them may not be diagnosed in a timely manner, according to pediatric experts.
Gastroenterologists from the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Johns Hopkins Children’s in Baltimore say that many of the hundreds of children they see were referred to them only after months [...]
Nearly 4,000 men, women and children in the United States die from accidental choking each year.
And almost two thirds of children who choke to death are three years of age or younger. Most of these deaths can be avoided. Understanding how to prevent choking, as well as what to do when choking occurs, can save [...]
Computed tomography examinations of children in hospital emergency departments increased fivefold from 1995 to 2008, highlighting the need for appropriate use and interpretation of these exams, a new study shows.
The number of pediatric emergency department visits that included a computerized tomography or CT examination increased from roughly 330,000 in 1995 to 1.65 million in 2008, [...]
