November 20, 2014 Emergency Room Visits for Concussions Soar Among Kid Athletes Emergency room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting the intensity of kids' sports has increased along with awareness of head injuries.
November 20, 2014 Doctors Treat Children With Growth Hormone to Avoid Teasing When it comes to treating very short kids with growth hormone, some doctors may be just as swayed by their own attitudes about being short as by data, suggests a new study.
November 20, 2014 Arizona Conjoined Twins Die in Surgery Conjoined twins who won the support of Phoenix-area residents with their struggle for survival have died.
November 20, 2014 Boy Who Died at Football Practice Had Rare Heart Defect El Dorado County authorities say an 11-year-old boy who collapsed and died during a youth football practice had an undiagnosed heart defect.
November 20, 2014 Philadelphia-Area Youth Football Player Dies From Neck Injury A youth football player who suffered a neck injury in practice has died at a Philadelphia hospital.
November 20, 2014 Diagnoses Slow in 8 California Whooping Cough Deaths The eight infants who died in California's current whooping cough epidemic were not diagnosed with the contagious disease despite repeated visits to hospitals and clinics, according to state health officials.
November 20, 2014 NJ Congressmen Examine Teen Athlete Concussions Awareness of the potential damage from concussions apparently is on the uptick. A study on organized youth sports published in Pediatrics magazine this month found that emergency room visits for concussions for 8- to 13-year-olds doubled from 1997 to 2007. For 14- to 18-year-olds, they tripled. Still, experts believe far more concussions are never reported.
November 20, 2014 Study Details Rare Condition Where Kids Embed Objects Under Skin A new study of children undergoing radiology treatment at one U.S. hospital points to what seems to be a little-recognized form of deliberate self-injury where kids embed objects ranging from glass to needles to wood under their own skin.
November 20, 2014 18-Year-Old Sumo Wrestler in Coma After Collapsing An 18-year-old Mongolian wrestler who collapsed after complaining of neck pain remains unconscious following brain surgery, sumo officials said on Thursday.
November 20, 2014 Splint May Work as Well as Cast for Kids' Wrist Fractures A splint may work just as well as a cast in helping children with non-severe wrist fractures heal
