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Head Start representatives are pleased with the $2.1 billion increased funding going to their proejct, which they say will almost entirely go to needy families to better the lives of children.

A one-year-old is brought into the ER with a head tilt and gradually worsens over a few days with ptosis of right eyelid and inability to walk.

Discussion of the importance of the eMR

Injury-related emergency department visits involving children under age 15 totaled approximately 7.1 million, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

Children who experience sensorineural hearing loss are often found to also have vision issues, according to new research reported in the February issue of of the Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery.

Mismatched cord blood may be a viable option for children waiting for a bone marrow transplant.

The dream of every generation is to have its next generation be better than the one before. That doesn?t appear to be happening, healthwise, for this current generation of American children.

It turns out the benefits of cholesterol-lowering medications may only reach a minor segment of the adolescent population (age 12 to 17), according to research in the March 3 issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

The problems of child obesity made Bill Clinton and American Heart Association president Timothy Gardner work together for a solution. That solution, though, will take a lot more than two people.

There are more than 50 million children in the US, most of whom receive some sort of medication during their childhood. That may be one reason niche pharmacies are becoming more popular.

Don't invest too much stock in the notion that preschoolers are always active and on the go, new research points out.

Dosing requirements for infant rotavirus vaccines were modified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, enabling more babies to be immunized.

The US Court of Special Claims has rules that three children with autism did not have it brought on by vaccination.

Depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and phobias are more common among pediatric kidney transplant patients than among healthy young persons, according to online research.

A landmark 1988 Lancet article featured exaggerated and falsified claims, to make the connection seem stronger than the study data suggested, according to the Times of London.

At what age should the cervical cancer vaccine for women not be used?

Recommending that pediatrics patients eat less fat might not be the best advice.

Renovation projects on older homes may increase the blood lead levels to harmful amounts in children who live in those homes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In one of his first acts as President, Barack Obama signed an expansion of the State Children?s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). It will enable over 4 million new children to be included in the plan.

Parents who smoke may be unknowingly influencing their adolescent children to try smoking as well, new research indicates.

Children who have received the chickenpox vaccine are not at risk of stroke or brain inflammation, according to researched published in the February 2009 issue of Pediatrics.

Community outreaches focused on raising children in a healthy environment may prevent parental abuse of children, according to a new study.

When discussing diet with family, I recommend that they limit soda pop consumption to one 12-ounce serving per week or less...

The second in a year-long series of commentary reviewing topics published in Contemporary Pediatrics 25 years ago.

A profile of Persharon Dixon, MD, a pediatrician who moved to Mississippi to take care of children struggling after Hurricane Katrina.

A sport-by-sport list of everything you need to keep a young athlete safe.

No matter the sport, there are pieces of protective gear that players should wear to keep them as safe as possible.

A review of several recent medical journal articles of interest to pediatricians.

Families of Mexican descent might have certain cultural beliefs that don't mesh up with standard medical practice. Learn what they are, and which could be dangeorus to the child.

The pressures to perform and improve physical appearance are driving teens to experiment with performance-enhancing agents. This review bring pediatricians up to speed about this unsafe trend.