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Study provides a roadmap for how health systems can improve lung cancer screening rates

Lung cancer screening might be the best-kept secret in health care today. Only about 16 percent of those who are eligible in the U.S. get screened for lung cancer, but a study coming out in NEJM Catalyst on Wednesday provides a roadmap for how health systems can improve those numbers.

15 Oct 2025

Nemours neurologist wins major NIH award to study hippocampal dysfunction in brain disorders

Rodney Scott, MBChB, MRCP, DipStat, PhD, Division Chief of Neurology, Nemours Children's Health, Delaware Valley, has received a prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's Transformative Research Award.

15 Oct 2025

Researchers explore the use of virtual reality to reduce stress in young adults with diabetes

Researchers at Wayne State University and Johns Hopkins University are exploring the use of virtual reality (VR) to reduce stress in young adults suffering from diabetes.

15 Oct 2025

New research aims to develop targeted therapy for hard-to-treat osteosarcoma

For children and young adults diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a common type of bone cancer for that age group, the odds of survival can be devastatingly low (20-30%) when the disease spreads to the lungs.

15 Oct 2025

Mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in preemies’ brains

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to a new Stanford Medicine-led study.

14 Oct 2025

Study validates AI models for preemptive sepsis care in pediatrics

Sepsis, or infection causing life-threatening organ dysfunction, is a leading cause of death in children worldwide. In efforts to prevent this rare but critical condition, researchers developed and validated AI models that accurately identify children at high risk for sepsis within 48 hours, so that early preemptive care can be provided.

13 Oct 2025

UCLA scientists uncover the role of DGRs in structuring the infant gut microbiome

Everywhere you go, you carry a population of microbes in your gastrointestinal tract that outnumber the human cells making up your body.

10 Oct 2025

Non-standard baby formula linked to faster infant growth

The use of non-standard infant formulas is associated with higher growth rates in the first year, necessitating further research on long-term health effects.

8 Oct 2025

Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado started revamping its vaccine policies in the spring

As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dismantling of federal vaccine policy continues to roil the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some Democratic-led states have struck out on their own, setting up new systems to help them assess the science and maintain immunization access for their residents.

7 Oct 2025

Researchers develop a powerful new tool to sharpen the accuracy of genetic testing

Researchers at Texas Children's Neurological Research Institute (NRI) and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a powerful new tool within the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD) to sharpen the accuracy of genetic testing – a breakthrough with direct implications for patient diagnoses and care worldwide.

6 Oct 2025

Study reveals gaps between parents’ perceptions and children’s actual sleep

While many parents assume that putting a child to bed means they will quickly be asleep, a new study from researchers at Brown University found that's often not the case.

6 Oct 2025

New intervention improves pediatricians' ability to counsel families on early peanut introduction

Results from a randomized clinical trial published in Pediatrics show that pediatricians who received targeted educational and clinical decision-support tools were significantly more likely to advise parents to introduce peanut-containing foods early – an approach recommended by national prevention guidelines but often underused in practice.

6 Oct 2025

Simple tools increase pediatrician compliance with early peanut allergy prevention guidelines

A few easy-to-implement tools - a training video, electronic health record prompts and handouts for families - greatly increased how often pediatricians recommended early peanut introduction to infants, reports a new clinical study led by Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

6 Oct 2025

Experts urge vaccination during pregnancy to prevent infant whooping cough deaths

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is on the rise and incidence now exceeds pre-pandemic numbers. While in adults and older children the cough can be bothersome and last for months, pertussis in young infants can be life-threatening.

3 Oct 2025

Children face higher risk of long COVID after reinfection

Children and adolescents were twice as likely to experience long COVID after catching COVID for the second time, compared to their peers with a single previous infection, according to a large study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and published in Lancet Infectious Diseases.

30 Sep 2025

Digital tools and chatbots can expand genetic counseling for young cancer survivors

A groundbreaking new study from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology aims to test whether digital tools and chatbot technology can help young adult cancer survivors get the genetic counseling they need to better understand future health risks to themselves and family members.

30 Sep 2025

Controversy surrounding Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy

Whether or not those who are pregnant should take a Covid-19 vaccine to protect themselves and their infants became more controversial in May, when three top U.S. health officials – Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, and Food and Drug Administration director Marty Makary – announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunization schedule will no longer recommend it "for healthy children and healthy pregnant women."

30 Sep 2025

Exploring the association between early childhood eating patterns and adolescent symptoms

Girls who overeat regularly in the preschool years are more likely to experience anxiety, impulsivity and hyperactivity in adolescence, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Research Centre.

30 Sep 2025

Herd immunity from HPV vaccine provides protection even for unvaccinated women

A large, long-term study led by an Albert Einstein College of Medicine researcher has found that the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in community settings is highly effective in protecting young women from infections caused by the cervical-cancer-causing virus-including women who didn't even receive the vaccine.

29 Sep 2025

Remote motivational counseling and mobile-based support help parents use safer car seats

Parents improved use of appropriate child car seats after remote motivational counseling and mobile-based support, according to the results from a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open.

29 Sep 2025

Pediatrics News and Research

Latest Pediatrics News and Research

Study provides a roadmap for how health systems can improve lung cancer screening rates

Nemours neurologist wins major NIH award to study hippocampal dysfunction in brain disorders

Researchers explore the use of virtual reality to reduce stress in young adults with diabetes

New research aims to develop targeted therapy for hard-to-treat osteosarcoma

Mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in preemies’ brains

Study validates AI models for preemptive sepsis care in pediatrics

UCLA scientists uncover the role of DGRs in structuring the infant gut microbiome

Non-standard baby formula linked to faster infant growth

Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado started revamping its vaccine policies in the spring

Researchers develop a powerful new tool to sharpen the accuracy of genetic testing

Study reveals gaps between parents’ perceptions and children’s actual sleep

New intervention improves pediatricians' ability to counsel families on early peanut introduction

Simple tools increase pediatrician compliance with early peanut allergy prevention guidelines

Experts urge vaccination during pregnancy to prevent infant whooping cough deaths

Children face higher risk of long COVID after reinfection

Digital tools and chatbots can expand genetic counseling for young cancer survivors

Controversy surrounding Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy

Exploring the association between early childhood eating patterns and adolescent symptoms

Herd immunity from HPV vaccine provides protection even for unvaccinated women

Remote motivational counseling and mobile-based support help parents use safer car seats

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