If you’ve got a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit, your first thought is probably not, “Does my child really need that antireflux medication?”
But antireflux meds in for newborns topped the list of five overused tests or treatments released Monday as part […]
“It’s the kind of play we all remember from childhood — climbing trees, riding your bike fast, roaming the neighborhood with no direct adult supervision,” explained lead researcher Mariana Brussoni, an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Population […]
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is endorsing a recommendation that infants at high risk of peanut allergies be given foods containing peanuts before their first birthday.
This new advice is the result of a major allergy study published earlier this year that found that exposure to […]
Clinical Trials Okay for Extreme Preemies
Think extremely premature infants can’t be enrolled in clinical trials because it’s too risky? Think again. New research shows that extremely premature infants who take part in randomized clinical trials don’t have worse outcomes while in the hospital compared […]