Developmental delay occurs when a child’s progression through predictable developmental phases slows, stops, or reverses. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Babies born before the beginning of the 37th week of pregnancy are considered premature.
For children with autism, anger and other challenges, pivotal response treatment (PRT) builds on principles of earlier behavior modification methods.
Child development is a series of skills and stages that occur in a child between birth and adulthood.
Exposure to lead can harm young children and babies, even before birth
Meningitis (inflammation of the protective membrane covering the brain and spinal cord) can be dangerous. Quick, accurate diagnosis is crucial.
Some children who aren't growing as expected are diagnosed with short stature. Here's what parents need to know about this condition.
Pregnant and expecting mothers have the opportunity to learn a lot about their unborn child's health with today's screening and diagnostic tests.
A rare type of cancer that starts in cells that develop into skeletal muscle.
Children may benefit from mental health medications, which may be helpful in treating autism, obsessive compulsive disorder or depression.