NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children and teenagers who complain of chest pain only rarely have a heart problem causing it, a study published Monday suggests. What's more, researchers say, relatively ...

Q: My 6-year-old son has recently begun to tell me that he feels his heart tingle. When I ask more about it, he says it’s when he’s nervous, excited, worried or about to “attack” the girls clubhouse ...

CHICAGO -- Beth Meter is a cardiac nurse who has seen plenty of heart attacks, so when her son complained of sudden crushing chest pain that spread to his arm, she was certain he was having one.

Chest pain in children usually has a benign etiology. Most patients will have a normal physical exam or findings consistent with a musculoskeletal origin (e.g., chest-wall tenderness); these patients ...

Chest pain in adults conjures up fear, as it should, for it may indicate that the person is having a heart attack. While chest pain is common in children, heart disease is seldom the cause. This, in a ...

Have you been experiencing sharp pain on the right side of your chest? While it may not always be indicative of a heart attack, doctors say there can be equally worrying reasons, which need to be ...

Abdominal pain in children is common and can have many causes. Usually, abdominal pain goes away without treatment. In some cases, the pain has an underlying cause and will need specialized treatment.

For healthcare professionals, if you encounter a school-age child who repeatedly presents with the same symptoms, such as abdominal pain, headaches, or chest pain with no obvious cause, consider ...