- Controlling Infections in Pediatric ICUs
- Assessing the Quality of Hospital Care for Children with Asthma
- Some Emergency Departments Deprive Injured Children of Effective Pain Relief
- Panel Says There Is No "Safe" Amount of Lead in Children's Bodies
- Unusual Sources of Lead Poisoning for Parents to Watch Out For
- Another Warning on Baby Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
- Adults Are Worrying More than Kids Are Sexting
- The No. 1 Cause of Kids' Visits to Emergency Rooms, and What Parents Can Do
- Apple Juice for Kids: A Caution for Parents
- HPV Vaccination Now Recommended for Boys
- Read This Before You Shop for Any Toys This Year
- Dry Your Tears Over Baby Shampoo
- Cholesterol Tests for Kids
- The Enablers of Child Sexual Abuse
- Keeping Kids Safe in Hospitals
- When Is It Safe for a Child to Graduate from a Car Seat?
- Concussions and Kids and Consumers' Pocket Books
- Stripping Down the Crib to Cut the Risk of Sudden Infant Death
- Youth and Tanning Beds: Do Not Mix
- MRIs and Children: What Is the Appropriate Use?
- Choosing Safe Toys
- Baltimore Research Institute Sued for Exposing Children to Lead
- Treatment for Depression Among Teens Is Troubling
- Keep Your Pliers Off My Kid's Wisdom Teeth!
- Do Hospitals Overmedicate Pediatric Patients?
- Vaccinating Teens for Sexually Transmitted Cancers Still Lags in Use
- A Simple Heart Test for Newborns
- Join the Movement to Prevent Concussions and Their Aftermath
- Learning from Tragedy: The Faces of Children Hurt by Medical Error
- Helping Parents Through the Autism Maze
- Early Diagnosis Tool for Lazy Eye Shows Promise
- Politicians Decide One Home Safety Question by Doctors Is Off Limits
- Top 5 Ilnesses for School-Age Children
- Bed-Sharing with Mom and Dad Doesn't Hurt Toddlers
- Crossing a Street Safely When You Have ADHD
- Study Shows Working Mothers Needn't Feel Guilty
- Rat Study Suggests Problems for Ritalin & Prozac Combo for Teens
- Risky Play on Playgrounds Isn't Always Wrong
- Secondhand Smoke Poses Yet More Risks to Children
- Signs of Allergy Can Appear Early
- Test for Newborns Is Questionable Medicine and Bad Policy
- Research Shows Environment Is Main Factor in Autism
- Good Oral Health Starts in Infancy
- Making the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Health Care
- Kids on Medicaid go to the back of the health care waiting line
- Swimming pool safety advocates say law isn’t working
- Pediatricians update patient safety guidelines to reduce risk of malpractice to kids
- Finally, FDA may require Tylenol dosing information for children 2 and under
- Atypical antipsychotic use high in children, study shows
- May Flowers & Motorcycle Accident Safety Awareness
- Pediatricians recommend rear-facing car seats until age 2
- Stroller manufacturer calls for mandatory regulation after massive recall
- New York creates fund for babies with brain damage from malpractice errors
- Manufacturers dither while toddlers get strangled in window-blind cords
- Retail family clinics pose risks, pediatrician warns
- Benzocaine products carry risk of blood disorder, FDA warns
- Which kids should get their tonsils removed? At long last, some guidance
- Brain damaged boy’s family accepts $8.5M malpractice settlement
- Maryland lab destroys documentation on lead poisoning of children
- Reports of eye damage from green laser pointers increase
- Preemies exposed to excessive radiation at Brooklyn hospital
- Republicans aim to cut financing for toy hazard database
- Parents Lose Vaccine Case in Supreme Court
- Almost 10,000 crib and playpen injuries a year, study says, but will Congress roll back safeguards?
- Fetal heart rate monitoring significantly cuts baby deaths
- Vaccines for Kids: Latest Recommendations
- Governments plan to make polio a disease of the past
- Caps threaten $19.2 million jury award to family of preemie who received overdose
- Caffeine-laced energy drinks worry researchers
- Cities safer for kids than suburbs, researcher says
- Is Michelle Obama responsible for pedestrian injuries?
- Dangerous chemicals found in virtually all pregnant women, study says
- Discredited study linking MMR vaccine to autism used fraudulent data, report says
- Senator seeks FTC probe of football helmet makers
- French study prompts FDA concern about growth hormone
- Feds finally ban drop-side cribs
- Dosing directions in children’s medications found wanting
- CPSC "recalls" its recall of lead-laced drinking glasses
- Firefighters rescue 2-year-old trapped in vending machine
- Rear-view cameras in cars may be mandated to protect kids from being backed over
- Feds probe lead-tainted drinking glasses for kids
- A Checklist for Safe Toy Buying for the Holidays
- 186,000 visits to ER due to defective toys, CPSC says
- 3-D Imaging for Orthodontics Exposes Teens to High Dose Radiation
- Big recall of Roman shades, roll-up blinds and roller blinds because of strangling hazard in small kids
- Tracking sports injuries to make athletics safer
- Three drop-side cribs are recalled as CPSC joins child safety groups in crib education campaign video for new parents
- Stroller recall due to strangulation risk: What parents need to know
- Portable soccer goals pose serious child safety hazard
- Kids' Football Helmets: Unsafe, Untested
- Florida child safety advocates ponder vehicle alarm law after death of infant in daycare van
- Regulators, science kit makers clash over possible ‘toxic’ paper clips
- Researcher jailed over faked child safety tests for lighters
- Child safety seat inspections: Get one free this Saturday
- Study supports mandatory booster seats in cars for children age 4-6
- Indoor Tanning Beds: Addictive and Dangerous for Teens and Young Adults
- Study examines benefits of school bus seat belts for kids
- Are Too Many Pre-Schoolers Being Put on Anti-Psychotic Drugs?
- Pediatricians repeating medical myths endanger child safety
- Maternity patient safety program improves health outcomes for newborns, mothers
- Protecting Babies from Hospital Malpractice in Labor and Delivery Units
- Getting the Word Out on Dangerous Kids' Products
- Higher Risk of Death for Babies Born at Night?
- Infant Onesies and Rompers Recalled
- Liquid Vitamin D: Too Much of a Good Thing for Babies
- Muscle Spasms: Uncommon but Dangerous Condition in Infants
- Watch Out for Button Batteries and Kids
- Warning Labels Urged on Foods that Can Choke Children
- Lead Poisoning Still a Reality for Children Today
- "Tic Tacs" Packed with Nicotine Appeal to Teens
- Parents of Autistic Kids Need to Check Swingsets Carefully
- New Taxes on Tanning Beds
- C-Section versus Vaginal Births: What Is the Safest?
- The Special Challenge of Helping Teenage Cancer Patients
- A Checklist of Infection Symptoms for When to Take Your Child to the ER
- Stroke in Kids: It Does Happen
- Toxic Dangers from Kids' Metal Jewelry from China
- The Deadly "Choking Game"
- "Simplicity" cribs: Now responsible for eleven baby deaths
- Infant Deaths Prompt Baby Hammock Recalls
- Are Your Children's Toys Safe?
- False Assurance from Home Fetal Heart Monitors
- Do Mental Health Drugs Make Kids Fat?
- A Little Girl Is Saved Because Her Mom Refuses to Take Her Home from the ER
- Heavy Backpacks Cause Lower Back Pains for Children
- Depression Prevention Works for Some At-Risk Teenagers
- Text Messaging: A Health Hazard for Teens
- Water-Based Face Paints Recalled
- Chicago Bans Baby Bottles Made with Dangerous Chemical
- Third Jardine Crib Recall in a Year
- Infant Car Seats Failed Safety Standard Tests
- Obesity Rate Higher in Schools Closer to Fast Food
- Teens Need Routine Screening for Depression
- New Questions about Drugs for Attention Deficit Disorder in Kids
- Growing Consensus on Genetic Risks of IVF
- DC Children Affected by High Lead Levels in Drinking Water
- Bed-Sharing May Be Responsible for Surge in Infant Suffocations
- Parents Fight to Help Diabetic Children Manage The Disease In Schools
- Toy Makers Prosecuted for Lead Content
- Overmedicating Children and Doctors' Conflicts of Interest
- Recent Surge in Crib Accidents Prompts Safety Reform
- Therapy and Medication Combo Treatment for Anxiety
- CDC: HPV and Cervical Cancer Vaccine is Perfectly Safe
- JAMA: Millions of Uninsured Children Have Insured Parents
- More Food Allergies Among American Kids
- Experts at Hopkins in Baltimore Recommend Labels for Energy Drinks for Kids
- Government Experts Urge Flu Vaccination For Infants
- Cheerleader Injuries: The Darker Side of an All-American Sport
- D.C.-based Commission Warns Against Simplicity Inc. Bassinets
- FDA Revisits Cold Medicine Standards for Infants
- Highway Proximity and Infant Health
- Common Baby Bottle Ingredient Safe, says the FDA
- Teen Injuries in Auto Accidents: Sense of Invincibility May Cause Car Crashes
- Bullies and Bullied Both At Risk of Suicide
- Menthol: A Hook for Young Smokers
- Cholesterol Pills for Kids?
- Parents File Suit Over BPA Bottles
- "Dry Drowning" Kills Boy in South Carolina
- Injury Risks for Teen-Agers Donating Blood
- Senators Weigh In on Baby Bottle Ingredient
- Girl With Heart Disease Dies in Gym Class
- Schools Concerned About Lead in Artificial Turf: Brain Risk?
- Common Baby Bottle Ingredient Linked to Problems; Company Ceases Use
- Seizure Medications While Nursing Do Not Harm Infants
- Child Wins Birth Defect Settlement
- CDC: 1 in 43 American Babies Abused or Neglected
- Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Leads to Public Health Risk
- Anne Arundel County Infant Mortality Reduction Program at Risk
- UK Bans Cold Medications For Children Under 2
- Study: Computerized Program Helps Teens Quit Smoking
- Black Infant Pre-Term Birth and Mortality Much Higher than for Whites
- Six-Year-Old Girl Dies from Swimming Pool Injury
- MA shows Black and Hispanic Children Lack Dental Care
- Teen Fathers Lead to More Birth Problems
- Plastic in Baby Bottles Possibly Toxic
- Cold Medicines, Children and Emergency Rooms
- Virginia State Medical Board Reprimands Two Doctors
- Experimental Vaccine May Guard Against Meningitis in Infants
- Study Will Test If Extra Attention Can Reduce Autism Risk
- 17-Year-Old Dead After Insurance Company Denied Her Transplant
- Honey a Better Cough Medicine for Kids than Dextromethorphan
- Amusement Parks and Safety
- New Report Suggests CT Scans may become Cancer Risk for Children
- Study Shows that All-Terrain Vehicles are Highly Risky for Children
- Cold Medicine Lawsuit
- More on Lead Poisoning: Even Small Amounts of Lead Linked To Reduced IQ
- Recent Study Shows Value of Vaccines for Children
- Cough Medicine and Kids
- Child and Teen Suicide Up and Anti-Depressant Use Down
- Challenges to Medicaid Rules
- New Federal Guidelines Would Increase Numbers of Uninsured Children
- Child Victim of Negligence Awarded $9 Million for Brain Damage and Other Injuries
- Washington DC Landlords Sued Over Lead Paint
- FDA cautions against OTC cough and cold medicines for toddlers
- Mattel's Recall and Lead Paint
- Car Seats: Using Them Correctly
- Children With Some Insurance Can't Get Vaccines
- Virginia Tightens Car Seat and Cell Phone Laws
- $10.4 million verdict in Montana against Evenflo
- Small Children in Hot Cars
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