Sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes: 5 things parents should know

Rate of antidepressant dispensing to young people rose faster after March 2020, especially among females

Mother, daughter reflect on congenital heart treatment and decades long treatment

In this episode, learn to understand the interplay between depression and how cognitive behavioral therapy can improve sleep.

U-M team successfully treats a teen with heart failure using a medication for adults, opening up a potential new therapeutic option for young patients.

Teenage heart patient transforms EKG paper into art creations, sold as notecards to support research at University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

As young people increasingly have access and exposure to online gambling, only one in four parents say they have talked to their teen about some aspect of virtual betting, a national poll suggests.

Babies born with sickle cell disease face social inequality as well as a lifelong chronic disease that is often undertreated with proven drugs.

How two newly approved gene therapies, including novel technology CRISPR, may help kids and adults with inherited blood disorders

Infants with hemophilia A who received monoclonal antibody emicizumab experienced few bleeding events and no serious complications, a study suggests.

Inadequate health coverage is a particular problem for commercially insured children, according to a Michigan Medicine and Columbia study. The research shows that coverage gaps are affecting publicly insured children as well.

Last year, a young girl experienced up to 40 seizures a week. Today, after nearly a year of working with the ketogenic diet team at University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital – overseen by a pediatric neurologist and dietitian – she’s celebrating six months of seizure freedom.

A C.S. Mott Children's Hospital health poll found most mothers and over two-thirds of fathers of children ages 0-4 use social media for questions on topics like feeding and behavior challenges.

Patients who experience this condition following the Fontan continue to have a high risk of death from the time they’re waitlisted for a new heart through receiving the transplant, according to a 20-center study led by Michigan Medicine. And one specific complication called cyanosis – or experiencing less than normal oxygen blood levels – was associated with worsened survival.

For the first time, families will have a long acting option to protect infants and high risk toddlers from a common respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of children to the hospital every year.