For playdates, one Michigan Medicine Mott pediatrician advises what every parent should ask to help everyone feel safe and comfortable.

The new school year often leads to playdate invitations, sometimes between families who don’t know each other.

Involving hysterectomy patients in their pain management decisions led to significantly decreased opioid prescriptions.

The Hyundai Young Investigator and Scholar Hope Grant will be officially presented to Dr. Daniel Peltier and Dr. Erika Newman at Mott Children’s Hospital.

It's a highly anticipated rite of passage for many high schoolers – finally getting to drive your friends around.

Dr. Marie Snodgrass gives actionable safety tips parents can use when talking to their teens about driving with other teens.

Long-term study on timeouts doesn’t find negative effects on kids or increased behavioral problems.

Little Victors had the chance to leave hospital rooms Thursday to meet a NASA astronaut.

CS Mott Children's Hospital study finds sepsis costs a total of $7.3 billion and disproportionately impacts vulnerable kids.

Less than 1/3 of physician moms reach breastfeeding goals, but stronger policies could help hospitals around the country better support breastfeeding doctors.

A new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health finds parents may seek new provider due to unvaccinated children at their doctor’s practice.

Infants in the NICU were more likely to stay asleep during recordings of their mothers reading, finds new research.

Approximately 60% of children receive an opioid prescription for post-operative pain following tonsillectomies, but a new study finds that opioids may not prevent complications.

The Children’s Heart Foundation, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to funding congenital heart research, has announced a new partnership to advance the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of congenital heart defects.

Nearly all parents (97%) in a new national poll say they are helping their teen become more independent by using strategies like allowing them to make more choices (86%), pushing them to handle things themselves (74%) and no longer doing things for them (65%).