Routine screening for anxiety and depression may be useful for older children and teenagers, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said Tuesday. But despite a growing mental health crisis among ...

Once again, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has concluded there is not enough evidence to support screening asymptomatic kids and adolescents for lipid disorders. Published ...

This tells us that many kids experience anxiety at a level that interferes with their daily functioning, even if they are never formally diagnosed. Additionally, there is an established evidence base ...

(WWLP) – According to a new CDC Vital Signs report, less than half of children aged 2-16 years with sickle cell anemia received the recommended screening for stroke in 2019. The recommended ...

Children ages 8 and older should be screened by physicians for anxiety, according to new guidelines published Tuesday. The new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force apply to ...

The addition of these two rare diseases to the RUSP is a victory for American families and the nearly 1 in 500 newborns who ...

Last September, the Italian Parliament approved national screening for celiac disease in children aged 1-17 years. The decision followed the publication of findings from a screening trial that was led ...

Does it help or hurt children to know they have high cholesterol? We're about to find out. New guidelines from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute say every child should be screened for high ...