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The children had one of six pediatrician-assigned genetic or behaviorally determined diagnoses: Down syndrome (DS); motor disorders (cerebral palsy and developmental coordination disorder); global ...

Family involvement plays a key role in eating disorder recovery. Families help create a structured, emotionally supportive ...

A study presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2024 National Conference finds children with disabilities in foster care face lower permanency rates and higher mortality risks, calling for ...

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For pediatric insomnia, Dr Umakanth Katwa and Dr Rafael Pelayo call for a blend of clinical expertise, behavioral therapy, and empathy.

This study examined lexical-semantic processing in children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) during visually situated comprehension of real-time spoken words. Existing evidence suggests that ...

In 2019 an international team of researchers identified 109 genes that were associated in different combinations with eight ...