More Pediatric Heart News

• Pediatricians Recommend Cholesterol Drugs for Some Kids

  July 7 (HealthDay News) -- In a further concession to the impact of the childhood ...

• Few Student-Athletes Survive Sudden Cardiac Arrest

  June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Just one in 10 U.S. student-athletes who suffer sudden cardiac ...

• High Blood Pressure in Kids Tracks Into Adulthood

  June 16 (HealthDay News) -- People who have high blood pressure in childhood are also ...

• Heart Hormone Elevated in Children Who Wet BedHeart Hormone Elevated in Children Who Wet Bed

  May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Children who wet their beds frequently have elevated levels of ...

• Incubators Affect Newborns' Heart Rates

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Results of a small study show that the electromagnetic field ...

• Gene Mutations for Rare Heart Disease Also Found in Kids

  April 9 (HealthDay News) -- The same 10 gene mutations responsible for cardiac hypertrophy (thickening ...

• Anti-Clotting Drug Helps Infants with Heart Ills

  Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Small doses of the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix) can benefit ...

• Babies With Heart Defects Do Best at Hospitals With Most Experience

  Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Babies with congenital heart defects are more likely to survive ...

• Amount of Exercise Key to Lowering Kids' Blood Pressure

  TUESDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to lowering children's blood pressure, the ...

• Rapid Response Teams Can Save Hospitalized Kids

  Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Incorporating a rapid response team of experts at a children's ...

• Fetal Heart Rate Points to Later Child Development

  Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Checking on fetal heart-rate patterns can offer insight into how ...

• Blood-Incompatible Heart Transplants Safe for Infants

  Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Blood group-incompatible heart transplants can safely be performed in infants ...

• Too Much TV Can Raise Kids' Blood Pressure

  Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Obese kids who develop hypertension may be watching far too ...

• Defibrillator Use Urged to Save Children's Lives

  Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The emergency defibrillators now commonly found in airports and other ...

• Obesity Can Hurt Kids' Hearts

  Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children and those at risk for obesity show early ...

• Screening Proposed for Childhood Cholesterol Levels

  Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A simple blood test early in life could identify children ...

• Advance Reported in Heart Valves for Children

  Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting an advance in tissue engineering techniques that ...

• Beta Blocker Doesn't Help Children With Heart Failure

  Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Carvedilol, a newer member of the beta blocker drug family ...

• Heart Attacks at School Involve More Adults Than Kids

  Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- When a student dies from cardiac arrest while on school ...