Posted by Admin | 9:57 AM

More than 250 people have signed a petition asking the University of Kentucky hospital "to make public the mortality rates for pediatri...

Labels: children's health, doctors, health care, health questions, heart disease, heart health, Hospitals, infant mortality, open government, open records, patients, pediatrics, surgery, University of Kentucky

Posted by Admin | 10:12 AM

A coalition of health groups thinks maybe it's time to enlist SpongeBob in the childhood obesity fight. Earlier this week, the groups as...

Labels: childhood obesity, children's health, diet, nutrition, pediatrics, sugar, television

Posted by Admin | 11:52 AM

Health professionals and other employees at Kosair Children's Hospital and the University of Louisville pediatrics unit were given an ...

Labels: child abuse, children's health, pediatrics, violence

Posted by Admin | 9:05 AM

Nobody's surprised to hear what researchers have now quantified: When children eat out, they take in more calories and fat than they wou...

Labels: childhood obesity, nutrition, pediatrics, restaurants, sugar

Posted by Admin | 8:59 AM

Oklahoma State University researchers report that they have found a wide range of disease-causing bacteria, fungus and mold on pacifiers th...

Labels: allergies, antibiotics, asthma, babies, bacterial infections, cardiovascular disease, fungal infections, mold, pediatrics, research