American Academy of Pediatrics

Letters: Solitary is too cruel for kids

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Re "Too young for solitary," Editorial, May 12 Your editorial had such a promising beginning. Unfortunately, rather than saying the cruel solitary confinement of juveniles should be banned, the editorial recommend that it "should at the very least be...

GOP slams fundraising, other efforts to promote Obama health law

2013-05-13 20:14:00

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have opened a new line of attack on President Obama's healthcare law, charging that the administration has improperly sought help from the healthcare industry and other outside groups to implement the...

The world through a newborn's senses

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Newborns arrive in this world somewhat half-baked or, in the more measured words of evolutionary anthropologist Wanda Trevathan of the University of New Mexico, "a little unfinished, if you will." Parents declare them beautiful, these wailing bundles of...

Could giving newborns formula help with breast-feeding?

2013-05-13 05:00:00

One of the first warnings new mothers hear is that offering babies formula soon after birth can lead to problems with breast-feeding.� Sating infants' hunger with formula can prevent them from nursing vigorously, interfering with milk production;...

Wrigley holds off on caffeinated gum as FDA reviews caffeine

2013-05-09 16:54:00

Less than a week after the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would investigate the safety of added caffeine in U.S. food and beverage products, Wrigley North America has decided to put its bid to market a caffeinated gum on hold out of...

Plan B contraception and Obama's betrayal of women

2013-05-02 16:48:00

President Obama spit his game, as the kids say, when he spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at a Planned Parenthood conference a little over a week ago: “You’re making me blush,” he cooed to their thunderous applause. “I love you back.&...

Planning a home birth? Here's some advice from pediatricians

2013-04-29 13:39:00

The nation’s pediatricians have some advice for expectant parents who are considering giving birth to their child at home: Don’t. Home birth is not very common in the United States – fewer than 1% of babies are born outside of a...

Many kids with suicide on the mind have guns in the home

2013-05-06 13:49:00

More than 17% of children considered to be at risk of committing suicide have guns in the home that could make a passing destructive impulse deadly, and between 15% and 30% of those adolescents told researchers they had access to those guns, to bullets,...

FDA studies caffeine's effects on children, teens

2013-05-04 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — The presence of caffeine in gum, jelly beans, waffles and other foods has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the stimulant's potential effects on children and adolescents. The FDA's announcement comes a few weeks...

Placentas provide clues about autism risk at birth, study says

2013-04-25 11:21:00

Researchers believe they have come up with a way to tell whether a newborn infant has a higher-than-normal risk of developing autism -- by looking for abnormalities in the placenta shortly after birth. The abnormalities in question are called...

'Albanian Bear' Reshat Mati is always up for a fight

2013-04-26 08:50:00

NEW YORK — The first hint of a bruise, blackish and glossy, appears under Reshat Mati's eye as he finishes a jujitsu workout. It seems that he took a knee to the face. Someone offers to get an ice pack, but there isn't time. Reshat hurries off...

Special needs children deserve the chance to be extraordinary

2013-04-18 00:00:00

Raising a child is like doing a puzzle in the dark. You get two pieces together and think, "Finally, I know what to do," not realizing there are a hundred more pieces scattered across the room. For the parent of a special needs child, that puzzle has a...

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children watch no more than one or two hours of television a day.

2013-02-18 11:35:32

The American Academy of Pediatrics says doctors should talk to teens about energy drinks.

2013-02-05 11:00:50

Kids need recess to be good learners, an American Academy of Pediatrics panel said Monday.

2012-12-31 13:37:00