A statewide quality improvement and financial incentive program in Michigan helped reduce the use of chest x-rays in children with asthma, bronchiolitis, and croup by nearly 40% in a statewide ...

A scientific statement regarding the evaluation and management of pediatric patients with ADHF has been published by the AHA.

To shave or not to shave? That is the question. Since the start of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, gay men have had a complicated and varied history with body hair. In the ’70s, the “Castro Clone” ...

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy is the medical term for swollen lymph nodes in the chest. They are too deep to feel, so imaging scans usually reveal them. Swollen chest lymph nodes can signal lung cancer, ...

Background: Current guidelines suggest a role for clinical assessment of chest rise in determining adequacy of positive pressure ventilation (PPV). However, these guidelines do not state how chest ...

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with the health and medical care of infants, children, and adolescents from birth up to the age of 18. The word “paediatrics” means “healer of children”; ...

Rib cage pain has many potential causes, including injury (broken or bruised ribs, pulled muscle), costochondritis, infections like pneumonia, fibromyalgia, lung cancer, and pulmonary embolism. Pain ...