AAP Journals

12/11/2025

Many medical students at one time consider pediatrics, but a much smaller number ultimately commit to pediatrics, for unclear reasons. This study in Pediatrics Open Science explored how student experiences can diminish initial interest in pediatrics and sought to identify ways that medical school leadership could improve recruitment into the field of pediatrics. Read the article. https://bit.ly/3M17Hqr

12/11/2025

New research following 8,300 children for four years found that more time on social media is linked to an increase in attention problems, unlike TV or video games, which showed no effect. This trend held true regardless of genetics or ADHD diagnosis. Read the latest study in our journal Pediatrics Open Science. https://bit.ly/4pmMHJn

12/10/2025

Rickets remains a fully preventable condition, yet vitamin D deficiency continues to place infants and children at risk for bone pain, deformities, and delayed growth. Discover updated guidance on diagnosis, evolving recommendations on 25(OH)D, and evidence-based strategies for prevention and management. Curious how recent guideline changes should shape your clinical practice? Read the article in Pediatrics in Review for a concise, clinically relevant overview. https://bit.ly/4ilqFUN

12/09/2025

Racism contributes to health disparities both inside and outside of the health care system. Within the medical realm, racism persists as explicit and implicit biases. The response to these biases materializes as medical mistrust, which contributes heavily to the health disparities experienced by Black patients in the United States. This Health Equity Rounds article in our journal Hospital Pediatrics tells the story of Jane, a 2-year-old Black girl who presented to the emergency department after lacerating her tongue while jumping on a trampoline. Read the article. https://bit.ly/4rkGf73

12/08/2025

Multicomponent lifestyle interventions are essential for managing pediatric obesity. However, access to these therapies is limited, unequal, and inequitable, which is particularly impactful for populations with social vulnerabilities. This study in Pediatrics Open Science compared lifestyle modification program persistence and reductions in body mass index z-scores between children with these vulnerabilities and those without. Read the article. https://bit.ly/4rlUuIY

12/05/2025

Timely follow-up after emergency department (ED) visits for adolescent depression and/or suicidality is critical but often delayed, especially for Medicaid patients. This study explores whether neighborhood conditions, insurance type, and race are associated with disparities in primary care follow-up among adolescents who screened positive for depression or suicidal ideation during an ED visit. Read the latest article in Pediatrics Open Science. https://bit.ly/44wNf73

12/04/2025

Youth experiencing psychological distress are more likely to use to***co products, often as a coping mechanism. As rates of psychological distress among youth have increased to 40% over the past decade, health professionals need to improve screening and advising about to***co. The findings in this study in our journal Pediatrics Open Science provide timely insight for national quality efforts on to***co screening and advice for youth. Read the article. https://bit.ly/4p4r54u

12/03/2025

This Special Article in Pediatrics reviews current epidemiologic data—with a focus on mood disorders, suicidality, and substance use among youth ages 1-19 years—and reviews demographic and geographic risk factors, potential contributors to the crisis, and interventions available to communities, clinicians, and policymakers. Read the article. https://bit.ly/3JwcTli

12/02/2025

Trauma exposure and traumatic stress are common drivers of mental health morbidities. However, trauma screening has not been widely adopted. The goal of this study was to describe rates of trauma exposure and traumatic stress symptoms, as well as clinical associations of trauma with depression, anxiety, and suicidality among youth at well-child visits. Read the article in Pediatrics. https://bit.ly/3XhPdUZ

12/01/2025

Patients and families who speak Spanish as a primary language are at risk for communication barriers. Emergency department (ED) studies have shown that discharge instructions are frequently incomplete and brief. In this study, the authors aimed to optimize equitable communication by implementing language-congruent discharge instruction videos for common conditions seen in the ED and enhancing awareness of interpreter needs. Read the article in Pediatrics. https://bit.ly/43InXm6

11/26/2025

A 2015 study motivated multiorganization guidelines encouraging early peanut introduction to at-risk children to prevent immunoglobulin E–mediated food allergy. Whether this translated to real-world changes in peanut or other food allergy rates has not been clear. This study in Pediatrics suggests that the promotion of early food introduction is relevant to food allergy prevention efforts. https://bit.ly/3LkISpa

11/25/2025

A term infant is born with violaceous reticulated lesions predominantly on the left side of her body, and confluent erythematous patches that respect midline on her trunk. She’s hemodynamically stable, her exam is otherwise unremarkable… so what’s the diagnosis?
Check out the article on Diffuse Vascular Lesion in an Infant with No Known Congenital Anomalies published in NeoReviews

A female infant is born to a gravida 2 para 1 mother at 37 weeks and 1 day completed gestation via low transverse cesarean section after failed induction of labor for preeclampsia with severe features. The prenatal course was complicated by maternal hypertension, preexisting type 1 diabetes mellitus...