Explore essential menstrual product options and education for adolescents, addressing safety, comfort, and personal preferences in menstrual health. Patient preferences and skills will likely ...

Serial amnioinfusions enabled lung development and live birth in most pregnancies complicated by fetal renal failure and anhydramnios. Survival beyond birth remains dependent on intensive neonatal ...

Discover essential nutrition tips for young athletes to enhance performance, hydration, and recovery before, during, and after sports activities. As team sports ramp up this fall, pediatricians can ...

Jon Farber, MD, shares his thoughts on the efficacy of laser therapy for temporal lobe epilepsy. A retrospective study in 19 children with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy who underwent laser ...

Combination vaccines enhance childhood immunization by reducing the number of shots, improving adherence, and potentially increasing overall vaccination rates. In 1999, the American Academy of ...

Alesia McKeown, PhD, of Roche Diagnostics discusses why pertussis is missed in children and adolescents and how PCR testing can help. Pertussis (whooping cough) is often regarded as a ...

National pediatric and infectious disease groups convened a measles summit as US cases reached the highest level in 35 years. Modeling data suggest removing universal hepatitis B birth-dose ...

The FDA has approved avatrombopag and new sprinkle formulation for children ≥1 year with chronic ITP, offering an oral, food-flexible treatment option. On July 28, 2025, the FDA approved avatrombopag ...

The FDA has approved Krystal Biotech's beremagene geperpavec (B-VEC) (Vyjuvek; Krystal Biotech) to treat the wounds of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) patients aged 6 months and older. B-VEC is ...

The announcement is notable because treatment options for KCNT1-related epilepsy remain limited and largely supportive. “For families in this community, including mine, the focus each day is simple ...

A systematic review showed a significant and consistent increase (about 3.5% annually since 2000) in self-injury rates among children and adolescents, establishing it as a major global public health ...

The mother of a 5-week-old boy was concerned about a swelling under her infant’s right nipple. A 2-cm, movable subareolar mass was palpated on examination. The mother of a 5-week-old boy was concerned ...