Outpatient Tonsillectomy Safe for Most Children
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Kids who need their tonsils removed can be in and out of the hospital on the same day, in many cases, Spanish doctors report.
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Can a terminally ill 7-year-old decide he doesn&#39;t want any more medical treatment? Are pediatricians obligated to tell parents when a teenager has a sexually transmitted disease?
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NEW YORK  - Only about one quarter of children who have their tonsils and adenoids removed to relieve obstructive sleep apnea syndrome have a complete response, according to researchers.
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U.S. health regulators said on  Friday they have been reviewing the safety of over-the-counter  children's cough and cold medications, especially for those  under age 2.
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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that persistent alterations in taste seldom occur after surgery to remove the tonsils, or tonsillectomy.
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Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the government said in its first national estimate. About two-thirds of the cases were children who took the medicines unsupervised. But about one-quarter involved cases in which parents gave the proper dosage and an allergic reaction or some other problem developed, the study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Less than two weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration warned parents that over-the-counter cough and cold medicines were too dangerous for children younger than 2.
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Some kids with Hodgkin's disease, a form of lymphoma, may not need to undergo radiation treatment, German doctors have found.
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Both ibuprofen and acetaminophen are safe and effective for treating migraine headaches in children and adolescents, according to the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society, whose new practice guideline is published in the December
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NEW YORK  - Laser treatment of the tonsils  appears to help some people with chronic bad breath, or  halitosis, new research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Results of a large Danish study confirm that young children who attend group childcare, especially those without siblings, are at increased risk for catching respiratory infections compared with their counterparts who are cared for at home.
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NEW YORK  - Some kids with Hodgkin's  disease, a form of lymphoma, may not need to undergo radiation  treatment, German doctors have found.
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NEW YORK -- Formerly conjoined twins who were separated this summer are returning to the operating room - this time, to have their tonsils taken out.
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BEIJING, Dec. 16 -- Children who spend long periods of time at indoor swimming pools may damage lung cells that help prevent airway inflammation.
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In a clinical trial involving more than 2,000 children under the age of five, a potential malaria vaccine was shown to be safe and well tolerated by the children&#39;s immune system for up to six months.
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Approximately 1 percent to 3  percent of children have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which  interferes with their quality of life. Removal of the adenoids  and tonsils, a procedure called adenotonsillectomy, to treat  OSA in children is still controversial, but new research  supports its use for long-term improvement.
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Recently, Adam Good made his first visit to Children's Hospital as a regular kid, not a patient. There he was, singing with his fifth-grade chorus as part of the entertainment for a holiday party in the atrium.
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Both acetaminophen and ibuprofen are safe and effective for treating migraines in children and adolescents, says a new practice guideline issued by the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society.