The importance of detecting heart disease during the first year of life

For one reason or another, the heart of some babies do not develop properly during pregnancy. At birth, these babies have then what is known as congenital heart disease. In some cases, this condition is immediately apparent and even threatens the lives of children, but sometimes there can remain silent...

Need your child a cholesterol test?

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends cholesterol tests were performed only on children with a family history of cardiovascular problems and high cholesterol as well as those who are obese, those with diabetes or hypertension. However, a panel of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has...