APPLETON, Wis. (WLUK) --An Appleton hospital is wheeling in comfort for its youngest patients with new remote-control ride-on cars. The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Surgery Team at ThedaCare ...

A new, computerized, mental health assessment tool may allow doctors to quickly identify children experiencing anxiety or depression before surgery, suggests new research presented at the ...

APPLETON, Wis. (WSAW) - When a child goes in for surgery, it can be a stressful process for the young patient and difficult for the parents as well. Care teams use their compassionate skills to help ...

Cheryl Chow, MS, a doctoral candidate at McMaster University, developed “Story-Telling Medicine” to help fight preoperative anxiety in children, Anesthesiology News reports. Here’s what you need to ...

Designing pediatric healthcare spaces presents unique challenges, primarily because of the emotional impact these environments have on young patients and their families. Hospitals and healthcare ...

Parents today are navigating an unprecedented wave of pediatric anxiety. Nearly 1 in 3 young people will experience an anxiety disorder by the age of 18, yet most won’t receive treatment. In the ...

Dentists reported that pediatric pain management practices need to improve, because controlling pain, as well as anxiety or fear, in kids is a problem. The study was published on October 25 in the ...