Tag: pediatrics
Dozens of US adolescents are dying from drug overdoses every month...
Ty Schepis, Texas State University
Drug overdose deaths in the United States continue to rise.
Overdoses...
Cancer in kids is different from cancer in grown-ups – figuring...
Ranjini Bhattacharya, University of South Florida
Cancer arises when cells accumulate enough damage to change their normal behavior. The...
Strep throat can easily be confused with throat infections caused by...
Allen Shaughnessy, Tufts University
“My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody’s.”
So declares...
The US lacks adequate education around puberty and menstruation for young...
Marni Sommer, Columbia University
One thing few people have been talking about since Roe v. Wade was overturned is...
Infants need lots of active movement and play – and there...
Danae Dinkel, University of Nebraska Omaha
When people set personal fitness goals and establish their physical exercise routines, there’s...
Why is my poop brown?
Hannibal Person, University of Washington
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Simple safety tips for trick-or-treating after Fauci greenlighted Halloween 2021
Meg Sorg, Purdue University
The air is getting chillier, pumpkins are perched on porches and kids across the country...
How safe is your baby food?
C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
Heavy metals including lead, arsenic and mercury can be found in commercial baby...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
