April 26, 2012 — That anxious hospital emergency department (ED) visit to learn whether a child's belly ache is a sign of appendicitis increasingly involves computed tomography (CT) to render a ...

Hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and probiotics are effective in the treatment of pediatric abdominal pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders. Data are inconclusive, however, ...

Researchers explored how the gut-brain axis may affect pediatric migraineurs. In a recent review, researchers analyzed the abdominal variants of migraine and functional abdominal pain disorders ...

Recurrent abdominal pain is a common childhood complaint, occurring in up to 40 percent of children and accounting for at least five percent of all pediatric office visits. RAP commonly is classified ...

The review included children aged 5-21 years with functional abdominal pain treated with SSRI or TCA. Pediatric patients with functional abdominal pain showed a significantly greater response to ...

MILWAUKEE – She was fine until the nurse said, “Madison, you can’t drive the car home today.” The attempt at levity backfired and the 7-year-old started crying. Madison Wick was about to undergo ...

Worried single mother consoling her little girl who is having stomachache at home. Experts discuss the clinical features of, treatments for, and need for further research on the topic of abdominal ...

Children's Hospital Los Angeles appoints Dr. Kambiz Etesami, MD, FACS, to lead its nationally renowned, high-survival rate ...

A study by a pediatric surgical oncologist from The University of Texas MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital shows that an adult surgery adapted for use in young patients increased the survival of ...

A survey by Boston Children’s Hospital researchers claims pediatric gastroenterologists overuse abdominal radiographs when managing functional constipation, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News reports ...

Milestone procedure marks the first U.S. pediatric use of magnetic-assisted surgical technology, expanding its indication following FDA clearance. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...