For many children, seeing a long, silver needle headed for their mouth is one of the most fear-inducing parts of dentistry. But a bee-shaped distraction device may help ease this pain and anxiety, ...

These suggestions can also be used when getting flu shot and other inoculations An estimated 28 million children nationwide are expected to soon be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, pending the ...

An estimated 28 million children nationwide are expected to soon be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, pending the expected authorization of the Pfizer shot for kids 5 to 11 in the coming weeks. Maksim ...

Kids who break a bone face the scary possibility that the bone will stop growing. It's called a growth plate injury and those kinds of injuries can lead to limbs that are different lengths or crooked.

The report for those 18 and younger comes just months after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two options to prevent respiratory syncytial virus in infants, and as hospitals like ...

Applying a sugar-free flavoring before administering local anesthetic (LA) injections in pediatric dental patients may decrease pain, according to a study recently published in the International ...

11. For children with needle phobia, sometimes therapy can help. Most kids — and even many adults — dislike getting shots and experience heightened anxiety during immunizations. But some suffer from ...

(Reuters Health) - Children and teens with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pumps may have better-controlled blood sugar and fewer complications than youth who inject insulin, a new study suggests.

Insulin pump treatments worked better than injections to boost glycemic control in children with Type 1 diabetes, a new observational study out of Australia concluded. One scientist involved in the ...

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Children with diabetes who inhaled their mealtime doses of insulin did just as well as those who injected insulin under the skin, researchers reported at the American Diabetes Association scientific ...