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Many years ago, it was customary for pediatricians to maintain a small office clinical lab that included a hematocrit spinner as well as an incubator used for throat and urine cultures.

Incorporating a concise asthma decision-making tool into medical records consistently improved documentation of key asthma indicators during pediatric primary care visits, a new study shows.

Toddlers identified as "late talkers" have no increase in psychosocial problems compared with other children during childhood or adolescence, as long as they don't have comorbid behavior problems, according to Australian investigators.

Research is indicating that fetal alcohol spectrum disorders may be far more prevalent than previously realized, according to a spokesperson on behalf of NIAAA.

A new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, and American College of Physicians outlines the steps that must be taken to facilitate transition from pediatric to adult medical care for patients with and without special health needs.

Only about 12% of high school students meet the goals for Aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities set by the Healthy People 2020 initiative, CDC researchers report.

Despite an increased use of formal screening tools to identify developmental delays in young children, a recent survey reveals that about half of pediatricians do not use them routinely.

A 4-month-old girl has 6 days of worsening cough and increasing irritability with poor oral intake.

A prospective study described the uropathogen frequencies and antimicrobial resistance rates of first UTI in 209 children who were diagnosed at the ED of a Belgian hospital.

To help establish utility of surrogate markers of serious bacterial infection in the post-pneumococcal vaccination era, investigators compared the diagnostic properties of these markers and clinical evaluation for detecting SBIs.

Although great progress has been made in the United States with regard to bacterial meningitis in efforts to prevent such infecitons, children remain at risk.

Vaccination against rotavirus, a major cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in children, dramatically decreased hospitalization rates for the infection among infants in 3 US counties, according to a new study.

A hypoxemic, 2-month-old boy has respiratory synctial virus bronchiolitis. As you're listening to his wheezing chest during the emergency department visit, his mother asks about the "big freckles" on his scalp and forehead that have been present since birth.

We must realize, as physicians, that learning the "art of medicine" goes hand-in-hand with learning the art of communication.

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by bronchoconstriction, airway hyperresponsiveness, airway edema, and inflammation leading to reversible airflow obstruction.

A newborn male had "cup-shaped ears" and draining neck sinuses that were partially closed by age 3 months. At birth, the child weighed 8 lb 4 oz after a 39-week gestation that was complicated by a single abnormal diabetes screen.

A 4 1/2 year-old Hispanic boy is referred to the pediatric clinic because of failure to thrive and growth retardation. He was born at full-term in Mexico and weighed 1.9 kg at birth (lower than the 3rd percentile).

A 3-year old girl presents with a 4-week history of rash on her left arm, flank, and thigh. The rash is non-pruritic and non-painful. The patient is taking no medications and is up-to-date on all immunizations.

Genetic diseases are individually rare but common in the aggregate. They account for over 60% of early miscarriages and underlie most cases of developmental delays. Genetic changes predispose to common multifactorial disorders, such as diabetes mellitus or schizophrenia, and are present in every cancer.

A 10-month old white child was admitted for evaluation of an enlarged abdomen, splenomegaly, and developmental delay. The child had a normal gestation and birth weight. He had a right hydrocele at birth and rapid scrotal enlargement at age 3 months that led to repair of a right inguinal hernia.

Having a pet dog or cat in the house does not increase a child?s risk of becoming allergic to these animals. In fact, it may have a protective effect, according to a new study.

High-quality parenting by fathers reduces the risk that their daughters will engage in risky sexual behavior as adolescents.

A child?s problem-solving skills can be improved by cognitive training through the use of computerized video game-like tasks, and the improvement can persist for at least 3 months after completion of the training, report researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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Golder Wilson, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo and Lubbock (Pediatrics) and has a KinderGenome private practice in Dallas.

Evidence from a new study suggests that children covered by Medicaid and the Children?s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are less likely to receive outpatient specialty care than children covered by private health insurance and are more likely to wait longer times for appointments.

A cross-sectional survey found that African American and Latino parents are more likely than non-Latino whites to give their children bottled water, largely because of differences in beliefs and perceptions about drinking water.

Patients who have tonsillectomy or appendectomy before 20 years of age appear to be at increased relative risk for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) 15 to 20 years later, according to a recent study.

Nonsuicidal, nonpsychotic children already receiving care at mental health clinics as outpatients are turning to hospital emergency departments (EDs) for care for emotional and behavioral problems.

For very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants who receive intense resuscitation at delivery, long-term prognosis for neurodevelopmental disability remains low despite elevated risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), according to a new study.