Parents often ask about blood tests during routine pediatric visits, but pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, clarifies that healthy children rarely need them. She shares some of the criteria for ...
Blood pressure matters at all ages. Children with higher blood pressure at age 7 may be at an increased risk of dying of cardiovascular disease by their mid-50s, according to preliminary research ...
The rate of children and adolescents experiencing high blood pressure worldwide nearly doubled between 2000 and 2020, according to a new meta-analysis published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health ...
The rate of high blood pressure (hypertension) in children and adolescents under 19 has nearly doubled, increasing from about 3% in 2000 to over 6% in 2020. More than 9% of children and adolescents ...
The umbilical cord — the lifeline between mother and baby — was historically discarded as medical waste after birth. Today, an increasing number of parents are choosing to preserve the cord blood for ...
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