For children, getting weighed and measured is a routine part of a visit to the doctor. Parents may notice that the nurse enters the information onto a growth chart where a little dot indicates where ...

The pediatric growth chart is "a terrific tool for health-care practitioners to track children's growth, which it was initially developed for, but the question is whether it should be used as an ...

Visits to a pediatrician next year might look a little different thanks to a new growth curve chart slated to be released in the spring of 2006. And a Calvin College professor is currently working in ...

Every child grows differently – It's totally normal for kids to be bigger or smaller than others at the same age. What's more important is that they grow steadily over time. Growth charts are just a ...

Growth charts for children with rare genetic disorders - giving healthcare professionals and families clearer guidance on how a child is developing - have been created by an international team, led by ...

Picture this: In the same pediatrician’s office, two little boys happen to have their 3-year-old well visit on the same day. Both start with a nurse, who weighs them and measures their height. Then ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Want to know if your child's height and weight are on track? Check the growth chart that the doctor gives you after each yearly checkup. Want to know if your child's brain is on ...

Researchers have developed a set of growth charts for the brain. These 'brain charts' provide reference models for brain development and ageing across the entire human lifespan, based on a very large ...