Most Parents Have Say in Kids&#39; Hospital Care
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MONDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- The vast majority (86 percent) of American parents participate in medical decisions made about their children while in hospital, a new study finds.
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My children are great kids. They inspire me every day. Scott, 24, and his sister, Joy, 22, have cystic fibrosis. Thanks to the medicines available when they were young and new medicines available
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NEW YORK  - Children whose mothers experience severe abuse at the hands of an intimate partner are more likely to wind up in hospital emergency departments, and their increased risk may persist for up to three years after the abuse has ended, new research shows.
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Medical officials are urging families to talk not just turkey this Thanksgiving but also medical history -- generations of it -- to help
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Parents insist that how kids turn out depends on when they were born. More and more, science agrees
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When the doctorÂs office said to wait, a parentÂs instincts were to go directly to the hospital.
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A hospital says it may have to ask a court to decide whether to continue treating a seriously-ill baby.
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A growing number of children are taking combinations of powerful and even life-threatening medications to treat an array of problems.
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For some people, it&#39;s going to the dentist or even the doctor. For others, it&#39;s a bumpy plane ride or even something more down to earth, like that household chore which comes around a little too often.
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Newborns who are visited by nurses at home shortly after their mother&#39;s return from the hospital are less likely to require emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations.
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Most U.S. parents said their  children had encountered "issues" like bad language, sex or  advertising online over the past year, but they are not  stopping their kids' Internet use, according to a new study.
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Parents who lost a son to cancer have built a website using their own funds to help other patients make sense of complicated treatment information. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Surgery for children with genital abnormalities was once automatic. Now, parents are involved, and the choices are complex.
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Most adults can determine at what age their children should get vaccinated or discern from a label when to take their medicine, but they still need help understanding many basic health instructions, a new study shows.
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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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A new study finds that close to 80 percent of children in U.S. hospitals are receiving drugs that have been approved only for grownups. The growing problem of âoff labelâ prescriptions.
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Many desperate parents dealing with depressed or out-of-control kids have found that medication has helped bring some normalcy to family life.