Medscape Pediatrics Podcast

Dr Jacobs comments on a study of the effects of the common pollutants PAHs on cognitive ability and behavioral problems in urban school-age children.

Experts have 'done a 180' on guidance about food introduction in children and the relationship to food allergy.

When the Antibiotic Resistance National Action Plan was announced, our readers had many concerns and questions. We asked CDC Director Tom Frieden for answers.

The risk goes in both directions: Your patients traveling to or from the tropics could be at risk for -- or bringing back -- the chikungunya virus.

A growing body of evidence shows that neuraminidase inhibitor antiviral drugs are effective against the flu, reducing complications and saving lives among hospitalized patients.

Antiviral agents are still underprescribed, despite evidence showing that they can prevent complications and deaths from flu.

Art Caplan and James Tallon discuss their view of changes in the past 5 to 6 years, the route we have to take going forward, and the role of physicians in achieving improvements.

Dr Ritu Verma reviews current evidence and recommendations for early feeding in infants genetically susceptible for celiac disease.

Henry Black and George Lundberg on combating the misinformation in consumer medical news, the ethics of the physician as entertainer, and other ills that plague medical reporting.

Mitochondrial transplants raise some ethical issues, one being that a baby will have three biological parents. A leading bioethicist asks, 'What's wrong with that?'