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The Boy With a Thorn in His Joints

Boy with Thorn

When 3-year-old Shepherd Strauss got sick, his parents turned to doctors and drugs. But they couldn’t anticipate that what would help him feel better didn’t come with a prescription.

 

Mom saves son's life by Googling symptoms

Google

A quick-thinking mother saved her son’s life when she Googled his ailments, the Shropshire Star reported. Kian Jones, 12, of Shrewsbury, U.K., had persistent headaches, poor vision and vomiting, which his mother, Sabina, typed into Google after the child was initially misdiagnosed.

 

Doctors announce trial to cure autism with cord blood

Autism Cure

Researchers announced Tuesday the beginning of a FDA-approved clinical trial that uses umbilical cord blood stem cells to ‘cure’ autism. Dr. Michael Chez, director of pediatric neurology at Sutter Neuroscience Institute in Sacramento, Calif., said he and his colleagues have been processing the trial for more than a year now, and they have high hopes it will succeed.

 

Doctors and parents speak different languages

Doctors

New research sheds light on what clinicians don’t worry about enough: the fact that doctors and patients don’t always communicate well, even in dire situations, writes Dr. Tyeese Gaines of theGrio.com.

 

Doctor arrested after 11-year-old daughter accuses him of waterboarding her

A Delaware doctor and his wife were arrested this week after their daughter told authorities that she was punished by "waterboarding," police said. The 11-year-old girl told police that her father, pediatrician Melvin Morse, would hold her face under a running faucet causing the water to shoot up her nose, the Delaware State Police said. The punishments happened at least four times over a two-year period and the girl's mother, Pauline Morse, witnessed some of them and did nothing, police said.

 

Doctors want to redefine autism; parents worried

For the first time in nearly two decades, experts are trying to rewrite the definition of autism.

 

Sex-changing treatment for kids: It's on the rise

Gender Identity Disorder

A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics....

 

Simple checklist may spot signs of autism by age 1

Simple checklist may spot signs of autism by age 1

A simple checklist that parents fill out in the waiting room may help doctors someday screen for warning signs of autism as early as a baby's first birthday.

 

Girls hit puberty earlier than ever, and doctors aren't sure why

Girls hit puberty earlier than ever, and doctors aren't sure why

Girls are being catapulted into adolescence long before their brains are ready for the change.

 

Ban teens from tanning salons, doctors urge

Ban teens from tanning salons, doctors urge

The American Academy of Pediatrics wants teenagers banned from tanning salons to reduce their risk of skin cancer.

 

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