Wait times to consult doctors stretch for hours, with hundreds of patients waiting in queues at some children's hospitals in major cities of northern China, CNN reported.
New Delhi [India], November 17: Neha Shoriwala, a courageous mother, reaches out to the community in a plea for help via ImpactGuru.com during a critical juncture in their lives. Her son, little Harshil, is valiantly combating Wilson's Disease, a chronic liver condition.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 14: In a groundbreaking move towards pediatric healthcare, Fitterfly - India's leading digital therapeutic company, announced its success with managing diabetes in children with Type 2 diabetes with personalised lifestyle interventions using its platfor
In a paper published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology that describes analyses led by Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, pediatric allergy and immunology professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics of two longitudinal studies, the authors show that the people who produced IgE antibodie
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 26: Rainbow Children's Hospital, a renowned leader in Indian pediatric healthcare services, is set to host the prestigious ISPGHAN (Indian Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition) conference in partnership with CAPGAN (Commonwea
A study led by Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan evaluated screen time in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The amount of time spent on a screen device, such as a smartphone, computer, television, or video g
According to a study led by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh paediatrician-scientists and published in JAMA Network Open, children in child care centres do not spread COVID-19 at significant rates to caretakers or other children at th
According to research presented at the 2023 AAP National Conference & Exhibition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre, a retrospective analysis of paediatric sepsis deaths at a large hospital in Arkansas found that Black children in the hospital were 2.5 times more likely to die
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 16: P&G Health has joined hands with the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), for 'Sankalp: Sampoorna Swasthya (SSS)' a school-based holistic healthcare initiative for school going children, across India. Spearheaded by IAP, this special initiative ai
Expanding newborn screening (NBS) to include detecting genes linked to an increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) will do more harm than good, claimed a recent Paediatrics article.
According to a recent Paediatrics article, expanding newborn screening (NBS) to include identifying genes associated with an elevated risk of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) will cause more harm than good. While some experts believe that identifying NDDs in the newborn period would be a
According to recent studies, the prevalence of invasive pneumococcal infection (IPD) in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) has dramatically decreased after the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccines PCV7 and PCV13.