Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pediatric vision screening efforts depend on concepts that many ...

Screening is a public health service intended to detect specific medical conditions, even in people who believe they are well or who do not perceive that they are at risk for or are affected by a ...

A U.S. panel tasked with weighing the pros and cons of regular diabetes screening for children and adolescents found a lack of evidence for the testing, even as the proportion of U.S. youths with type ...

Kulick: The Pocono Mountains United Way has provided 36,815 screenings for children in Monroe County since 2004.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a draft statement in April 2022 recommending screening for anxiety in children and adolescents between the ages of 8 and 18. This recommendation – which ...

A majority of children will not develop 20/20 vision until they are four to six years old. During those first few years, what should parents do to make sure their kids maintain healthy vision?

The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology recommends screening children during their preschool years. Courtney Sacco Corpus Christi Caller Times via Imagn Content Services, LLC When parents ...

Children are in and out of emergency rooms every day. Most are in for accidents or illness — broken bones on playgrounds or the flu — but not always. Some are seen for abuse-related injuries. However, ...

High cholesterol is common enough in children these days that all of them should be screened for the condition, say the authors of a new study examining the rates of high cholesterol in children.