The increase in rates of unintentional suffocation among infants younger than 1 year is disturbing, especially given that the majority of these fatalities are related to strangulation in bed.
The American Association of Poison Control Centers has issued repeated warnings regarding the harms associated with a popular internet challenge among teens involving ingestion of single-load laundry...
Previous evidence has shown that coarse particulate matter found in air pollution negatively affects respiratory and cardiovascular health. In a recent study, researchers assessed whether this effect was...
Previous evidence has indicated that family meals positively impact child and adolescent health. In a recent study, researchers investigated how children’s family meal environment quality at age 6 years...
Previous research has shown that breastfeeding confers a protective effect against SIDS. However, no studies have been conducted to determine the specific duration of breastfeeding that is required to see...
Previous research has shown that breastfeeding confers a protective effect against SIDS. However, no studies have been conducted to determine the specific duration of breastfeeding that is required to see...
Researchers determined whether the use of individual antiretroviral medications, when used in combination regimens, effect cardiac structure and function in youth with perinatally acquired HIV.
In a recent study, researchers compared pump therapy with insulin therapy on the risk of diabetes ketoacidosis and other complications among children with type 1 diabetes.