A percentile shows the relative position of the child's measurement (such as Blood Pressure or Height) among children of the same sex and age. For example, a boy at the 25th percentile for height is ...

Plasma volume (PV), red cell volume (RCV) and blood volume (BV) normalized for height (L), body weight (BW), body surface area (BSA) or lean body mass (LBM) as well as the F-cell ratio of the male ...

Doctors might be able to predict a newborn's long-term health outlook, by analyzing their umbilical cord blood, a new study ...

In the study, researchers assessed blood fat levels in 184 children with an average age of 11, all of whom were classed as ...

Parents of a 4-year-old girl in Alabama say their daughter spent two days in the ICU after she was picked up from school with a blood alcohol content of 0.29.

Why monitor blood pressure (BP)? Hypertension (high blood pressure) is an important health issue in children, because of its association with obesity. High blood pressure is considered a risk factor ...