Pediatrics

Jordan Watson, MD, from Thomas Jefferson University, discusses the importance of early acid suppression in young children and its effect on bone health later in life.

There are targeted efforts to reduce nonmedical opioid misuse in the United States, but questions remain about persistent opioid use after surgery.

In this month’s Top Paper, Jessica Tomaszewski, MD, delves into new research about the effect of social media use on mental health in adolescents.

In this month’s Pediatrics Top Paper, Brittany Perry, DO, writes about a new guideline published by the American Academy of Pediatrics about identifying, evaluating, and managing children with ASD.

In this article, Scott T Vergano, MD, writes about 3 papers you may have missed in October 2021, including research on birth hospital length of stay and readmission during the COVID-19 pandemic, an update...

In this month’s Pediatrics Top Paper, Jordan N. Watson, MD, writes about a new study that compared 1- and 2-year adherence to well-child care visits of neonates with intrauterine opioid exposure, as well as...

My teenaged son plays video games at least 3 hours per day, and he gets so angry when I ask him to stop playing. Is it possible that he is addicted to video games? If so, how can I help him?