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A Dayton, Ohio-based hospital opened the doors to its new $19 million neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on May 2.

Your one-stop source for news from the Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting, in Baltimore.

Children enrolled before they are six months old in a home-based program that teaches language skills to the deaf or hard of hearing are not only able to achieve appropriate language skills but also to maintain them over time, according to a new study.

In comparison to non-obese children, obese children are significantly more likely to have lower body injuries, such as in their ankles and legs.

The strong preference kids with autism have for certain foods places them at risk for nutritional deficiencies because their diets lack sufficient variety, according to research from Cincinnati Children?s Hospital Medical Center at this year?s Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Baltimore.

There were many good entries for our 2008 contest, maing the judges' job a difficult one.

A CME article on otitis media and MEE and its implications on hearing loss in children.

A review of viruses that are prevalent and plague children in the summertime.

A retrospective look at the origins of nursing bottles is further proof that necessity is indeed the mother of invention.

This month looks at a studies about testing babies who cry often, how circumcision can help prevent herpes and HPV in boys, if swimming lessons for 1- to 4-year-olds reduce drowning risks, and SIDS.

Editorial about what ultimately physicians must base thier decisions upon, as not all procedures are successfully evidence based.

Iron deficiency (ID) is the most common nutritional deficiency in the US, too high by far in toddlers

A toddler comes into the office with a hemorrhagic red papule.

The goal of the pediatric symptom checklist is to help pediatric primary care physicians improve their recognition of kids who have psychosocial dysfunction.

An infant with failure to thrive and vomiting is eventually diagnosed with hypertrophic, dilated bladder and bilateral hydronephrosis.

A landmark study on middle-ear effusion (MEE) challenges long-held assumptions about the effects of MEE on child development and what the appropriate treatment course should be.

How qualified does a nurse practitioner have to be to work in the NICU?

The angry mother of a 15-year-old girl has called the office multiple times asking for the laboratoryresults from her daughter’s office visit last week and demanding to know whether the teen was “put on the pill.” Along with other lab work, tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and pregnancy were performed, and the patient was given a prescription for a hormonal contraceptive.

Caudal regression syndrome (caudal dysplasia sequence) is characterized by complete or partial agenesis of the sacral and lumbar vertebrae, along with pelvic deformity. Multiple other anomalies-including femoral hypoplasia; clubbed feet; flexion contractures of the lowerextremities; GI, genitourinary, and heart abnormalities; and neural tube defects-may also be associated with the syndrome.1

The CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services co-hosted a Web "town hall" Q+A session about swine flu on Thursday.

Teva is now selling generic versions of Shire Plc's ADHD drug Adderall XR in the US, years before its patent expires.

Young children who snore, a new study finds, are more likely for mood and anxiety disorders than their peers who snooze quietly at naptime.

Quick quiz: how old does a baby have to be before its car seat can face the front?

How much, if anything, does a pediatrician make when on call?

A 2-month-old girl who lost 30 g over 7 days is noted to have multiple hepatic masses during abdominal ultrasonography to rule out pyloric stenosis; she is referred for further evaluation. She has a history of physiological jaundice and gastroesophageal reflux (GER). She continues to vomit despite treatment with ranitidine.

Two doctors of a 4-year-old boy were found negligent for a circumcision gone wrong. The boy, unnamed, was awarded $2.3 million in damages.

An 18-month-old white boy is brought to his well-care visit by his parents, who are concerned that for the past month he has been less social and active. He has appeared weak and has refused to walk or play with his siblings. He has also had a decreased appetite and has lost about 2 kg. He has vomited several times but with no bile or blood.

The chief residents at the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Va, handle about 1 or 2 cases per week. About once a month, they have a great teaching case in their morning report. These standout cases challenge the residents’ diagnostic acumen and underscore key points that are both applicable to daily practice and likely to appear as questions on future board certification examinations.

This baby boy was born at 40 weeks’ gestation via repeated cesarean section without any distress after uncomplicated antenatal and perinatal periods. Weight was 6 lb 4 oz. Apgar scores were 9 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively. He was noted to have lower lip asymmetry. While at rest, the lower lip protruded slightly on the right but otherwise appeared normal (A). During vigorous crying, the lower lip pulled downward to the right (B). All other physical findings were normal.

Something as simple as the correlation between birth defects and pollution may b as simple as looking at the month a child is born.