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FDA, HHS announces plan to enhance quality, safety of domestic infant formula ...
A review of the clinical potential of PTC Therapeutics' sepiapterin as a novel treatment for phenylketonuria (PKU). Phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare genetic disorder that affects the body’s ability to ...
Gender-affirming care (GAC) for adolescents is under increasing legal threat, despite being endorsed as medically necessary and appropriate by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American ...
Each May, National Foster Care Month brings attention to the more than 390,000 children in the US foster care system. 1 Pediatricians are uniquely positioned to address the health disparities these ...
Poll: What's the diagnosis of this linear eruption on the leg of a 9-year-old girl?
Poll: What's the diagnosis of this linear eruption on the leg of a 9-year-old girl?
Joshua Feder, MD, highlights the need for psychiatry to better integrate sensory processing research into care strategies beyond autism. Joshua Feder, MD, executive director of Positive Development ...
Can you diagnose this patient? Take our poll and find out! Then check back for the full case, differential diagnosis, and correct diagnosis. Welcome to this Contemporary Pediatrics poll. Take a look ...
Necessity for iron deficiency screenings at birth with Geetika Kennady, MD, FAAP ...
Watch some of our top clips from a number of discussions with experts who presented at PAS 2025. Thank you for visiting the Contemporary Pediatrics website, and for following along with our coverage ...
Colleen Sloan, PA-C, RDN, shares the importance of breakfast and the reasoning to why kids skip this essential meal. We’ve all said it—“breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” And yet, ...