Pediatrics

My kid's pacifier could hurt him. It's worrying -- to a point.

2012-05-14 07:00:00

Some of the longest-lasting relics of my kids’ infancies and toddlerhoods have been their pacifiers and their sippy cups.� Even now, with the boys 3 and 5 years old, we devote two drawers in our kitchen to a collection of jumbled lids, valves and...

In Practice: Doctors bury grief to help patients and families

2012-02-27 00:00:00

Rebecca's cancer was born in her bone marrow. Her abnormal blood cells soon broke free of their nest, sailing down the rivers of her arteries and veins to seed her liver, lungs and brain with malignancy. Chemotherapy for her metastatic acute myeloid...

Researchers issue definition -- and name change -- for PANDAS

2012-02-24 14:13:00

A mental illness that strikes young children suddenly may be caused by a range of factors, including infections, according to a new report. The paper, published in the journal Pediatrics & Therapeutics, reflects a consensus statement on a condition called...

Attorneys say new reports suggest wrongful conviction in 'Shaken Baby' case

2012-03-29 16:36:10

Review of evidence challenges conviction in baby's death

2012-03-30 00:00:00

New findings by the Los Angeles County coroner's office and a prominent UCLA pediatrician "undermine and contradict" the evidence and expert testimony used to convict a woman of shaking her 7-week-old grandson to death 15 years ago, her attorneys have...

Childhood disorder prompts study of infection link to mental illness

2011-12-05 00:00:00

Brody Kennedy was a typical sixth-grader who loved to hang out with friends in Castaic and play video games. A strep-throat infection in October caused him to miss a couple of days of school, but he was eager to rejoin his classmates, recalls his mother,...

Halloween's dilemma: Candy vs. healthful treats

2011-10-31 00:00:00

Dollars to doughnuts, the ghosts and goblins and Angry Birds who show up at your door Monday night will not have their little hearts set on baby carrots or celery sticks. And statistics show — surprise! — that most won't have to settle for...

Parents to pediatricians: Don't tell me my kid's 'fat'

2011-09-29 15:03:00

What's the best way to be told that your child is overweight or obese? Not at all, of course. But if that bad news must be�delivered, a�national survey�published in the journal Pediatrics�this week finds that parents will feel blamed and�respond badly to...

Profile of ADHD sharpens in each school year

2011-08-13 00:00:00

In many households, the start of a new school year is a cause for excitement. There are new books to read, friends to be made, pencils to sharpen. But in the Gigliotti household in Benicia, Calif., the anticipation is mixed with apprehension. The family'...

Boxing KO'd by doctors as too risky for kids' and teens' brains

2011-08-29 17:26:00

Gripe water is safe for babies with colic, but no studies show that it works

2011-06-20 00:00:00

Baby wrangling is a tough job in the best of circumstances. Add colic to the mix and … well, that borders on the cruel and unusual. Unfortunately, it's not unusual at all. According to the National Institutes of Health, roughly 1 out of 5 babies...

Pediatrics: Discovering more about how watching TV hurts preschoolers' sleep

2011-06-27 06:15:00

Three-to-5-year-old kids who watch violent or scary media content, or who watch more TV during evening hours, are increasingly likely to have sleep problems, according to research published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. Though previous studies had...

Charlevoix has a new pediatrician. Dr. Rachel Newman recently joined Dr. Rod Tinney as the second pediatrician at Charlevoix Pediatrics and Charlevoix Area Hospital. Newman recently completed her residency at Rush University in Chicago.

2011-09-15 07:56:07

Boxing is too dangerous for kids and teens, pediatrics groups warn.

2011-08-29 17:06:57

Dr. Charles J. Marcuccilli has been named to the medical advisory board of the Danny Did Foundation. An associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Marcuccilli joins Dr.

2011-08-26 22:00:00