Most children treated in the emergency department for a mild to moderate asthma attack continue to use metered dose inhalers with a spacer (MDIS) in

In Austria, neither mercury nor lead are present in significant concentrations in breast milk, study results indicate. In the November issue of the journal Pediatrics,

Parent or guardian satisfaction was significantly worse when on-call coverage was provided by a nursing service than when it was provided by pediatricians, according to

לפי דיווח מאתר וואלה, נרשמו לאחרונה 3 מקרים של הרעלת פארצטמול בבית החולים “בני ציון” בחיפה. הסיבה העיקרית להרעלה היא נטילה במינוני יתר של התרופות

Education and house dust mite allergen reduction measures appear to reduce the incidence of dust mite sensitization in high-risk toddlers and preschoolers, researchers from the

The prevalence of asthma among inner-city middle school children in the US may be much greater than current estimates, according to the results of a

Findings from a new study indicate that 12% of 11- to 15-year-olds have sleep problems nearly every night. Further, many of the adolescents’ sleep problems

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted orphan drug status to the experimental P113D peptide for the treatment of cystic fibrosis-related infections, biotechnology firm

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a guide that gives educators six strategies to help schools manage the problems of

Atest that rapidly detects Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen in the urine is highly accurate in identifying pneumococcal infection in children, according to a report published in

Roche Laboratories and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have extensively revised the safety labeling for isotretinoin (Accutane). The acne drug’s labeling has changed

Peak serum vancomycin concentrations do not have to be measured in neonatal patients receiving standard doses of the drug.  Approximately 89 percent of infants treated

AIDS and starvation have forced more than half a million Zambian children to quit school and take up often hazardous jobs in farms and factories,

Plasma levels of a chemokine that is involved in T-cell trafficking are elevated in children with asthma, according to a report by Chinese researchers. The

Prevention may be the best approach to anxiety disorders in at-risk children, said Dr. Dina R. Hirshfield-Becker, here at the 49th annual meeting of the

Training programs that involve multiple family groups may help ward off conduct disorder and aggression in young children in high-risk neighborhoods, according to Dr. Patrick

In preschool children with recurrent intermittent wheeze and who are sensitized to aeroallergens, treatment with fluticasone propionate decreases airway resistance and improves bronchodilator responsiveness.  For

Full-term babies who are breastfed could have their own distinct plasma glucose levels and show no significant variation during the first three days of life,

There is no statistical relationship between hearing loss in young children exposed as neonates to long courses of tobramycin.  However researchers suggest that although their

Anti-epileptic agents should not necessarily be tried after a single unprovoked seizure in a child, according to guidelines presented here Thursday at a briefing for