National data show cholesterol levels among children and teenagers in the United States are improving, but obesity continues ...

Exposure to lead remains one of the leading environmental risk factors for early death and poor health globally.

Parents often ask about blood tests during routine pediatric visits, but pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, clarifies that healthy children rarely need them. She shares some of the criteria for ...

Pediatric emergency departments (EDs) are conducting laboratory tests of children who present with mental health issues, despite evidence that the tests are not necessary and rarely result in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Make America Healthy Again Commission, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has released its Make Our Children ...

Children who go to emergency departments in a mental health crisis and need to be hospitalized often end up stuck there for days, a new study finds. That happens in roughly one in ten of all mental ...

The other day a colleague shared a story with me about one of her young patients who had been having terrifying intrusive thoughts of hurting other people. Understand that this was the sweetest, ...

The Challenge of Feeding Children Children often resist eating healthy foods, showing a preference for junk food, fast food, ...

The health of an expectant mother is very fragile. There are many different aspects one needs to be aware of, especially since it is not just the mother's health that is affected, but also that of the ...