Medical professionals to discuss circumcision on Twitter

A new national survey shows severe physician shortages among certain pediatric specialties, and pediatric urologists top the list of those registering long wait times for pediatric surgical care.

In this episode, Julia Beth Finkelstein, MD, MPH, CPPS, discusses what she and her co-authors learned from a recent study evaluating the use of telemedicine for pediatric post-op visits.

New data showing an increasing incidence of pediatric stone disease is stimulating more research to further describe and understand this troubling phenomenon.

Results of a survey of pediatricians' practice patterns for children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) are worrisome in showing these primary care practitioners are retaining their patients longer before referring them to a specialist.

Radiologically proven VUR was present in 11 mothers and seven fathers as well as in 36 second-degree relatives (aunts, uncles, grandparents) and 73 third-degree relatives (65 first cousins and eight great-aunts, -uncles or -grandparents) of 259 VUR patients in an Irish study.

Results of a retrospective study investigating risk factors for the development of renal parenchymal damage in young children with primary high-grade vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) underscore the importance of early detection and treatment to prevent renal damage or its progression from ongoing VUR.