When James and Rebecca Ortega brought their newborn daughter, Avery, to the pediatrician for her first visit last December, the doctor plotted her height, weight and head circumference on a growth ...

Growth charts for children with rare genetic disorders—giving health care professionals and families clearer guidance on how a child is developing—have been created by an international team, led by ...

The pediatric growth chart is "a terrific tool for health-care practitioners to track children's growth, which it was initially developed for, but the question is whether it should be used as an ...

Median growth patterns for children diagnosed with congenital adrenal hyperplasia are different from the 50th percentile ...

Growth charts for children with rare genetic disorders - giving healthcare professionals and families clearer guidance on how ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out changes to growth charts adding categories for children and adolescents with severe obesity. The charts were based ...

For parents, a visit to the pediatrician usually involves a discussion of where their child falls on a growth chart established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, in a bid for ...

LITTLE ROCK — When James and Rebecca Ortega of Alexandria, Va., took their newborn daughter, Avery, to the pediatrician for her first visit last December, the doctor plotted her height, weight and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Last year, the CDC released new BMI-for-age growth charts for children. The CDC defines severe obesity as a BMI ...

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Objectives: We reviewed potential patient safety events identified with Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) Software to characterize clinical events associated ...

Rev. Fred Luter, pastor of the Franklin Ave. Baptist Church, greets congregation members during Sunday Services at the Church in New Orleans, Sunday, June 3, 2012. The new face of a Christian ...