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CDC, Medical Groups Urge Smoker-Doc Chats
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The CDC is partnering with five leading physician groups to encourage smokers to talk to their doctor about quitting the habit, and launched a national television and online ad campaign at an event here Wednesday. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Teen Smartphone 'Addicts' Also Have Other Ills (CME/CE)
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Teenagers who spent enough time on their smartphones to be called "addicted” also tended to show signs of other psychological problems, according to a small study reported here. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
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What's 8-600 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb? According to The Associated Press who contacted meterologists, it's the amount of energy that was released by the Oklahoma tornado that leveled Moore, Oklahoma.Can you imagine having everything around you taken away in the blink of an eye? The “storm of storms” EF5 tornado that devastated the area took away lives, homes, cars, schools, churches and businesses affecting families’ every day lives and their ability to make ends meet.The millions of dollars it will cost to rebuild won’t take away the shock, sadness, depression, grief and loss th...
Source: Pediatric Health Associates - May 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Volunteer Opportunities Source Type: news
Parents’ Night Out: A welcome break from hospital life
By Kipaya Kapiga
While Boston may be well-known for its great cuisine, the last thing a family traveling to Boston Children’s Hospital for long-term treatment is thinking about is fine dining. When parents care for a sick child in the hospital, it can be difficult for them to leave their child’s bedside to catch some sleep, let alone to take in the local fare. For more than a year, however, Boston Children’s has been working to change that by bringing the downtown Boston dining experience into the hospital.
Parents’ Night Out is a monthly dinner event for the parents whose children have a long-term stay at the hos...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - May 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: All posts Our patients’ stories Parenting child life our patients' stories stress relief when caring for a sick child Source Type: news
Small Cancer Risk Following CT Scans In Childhood And Adolescence Confirmed
But the absolute excess for all cancers combined is low Young people who undergo CT scans are 24% more likely to develop cancer compared with those who do not, a study published today on bmj.com suggests. However the absolute excess for all cancers combined was low, at 9.38 for every 100,000 person years of follow-up. The researchers say that in a group of 10,000 young people, they would expect 39 cancers to occur during the next 10 years, but if they all had one CT scan, up to six extra cancers would occur... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Program Aims to Curb Inappropriate Antibiotics in NewbornsProgram Aims to Curb Inappropriate Antibiotics in Newborns
Establishing antimicrobial stewardship programs for the neonatal intensive care unit is challenging, say researchers, but progress is being made. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
WBC Enzyme Tied to Early CF (CME/CE)
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- The presence of neutrophil elastase activity in the bronchoalveolar-lavage fluid of infants with cystic fibrosis is associated with early, irreversible inflammation of the airways, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Posttraumatic Stress DisorderPosttraumatic Stress Disorder
This article reviews the diagnosis and management of PTSD in children. Journal of Pediatric Health Care (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
Bed-Sharing Raises SIDS Risk Fivefold, Study Finds
Title: Bed-Sharing Raises SIDS Risk Fivefold, Study FindsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2013 12:35:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2013 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - May 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
More Kids Getting Donor Organs, But Gaps Persist, Study Finds
Title: More Kids Getting Donor Organs, But Gaps Persist, Study FindsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/22/2013 10:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2013 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - May 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Removing Tonsils Helps Kids With Sleep Apnea, Study Finds
Title: Removing Tonsils Helps Kids With Sleep Apnea, Study FindsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2013 4:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2013 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - May 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Citrus consumption linked to childhood tooth wear
Parents should be warned about the impact of diet on teeth, say Australian researchers who found at least one in six children show signs of tooth wear. (Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics)
Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics - May 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Asthma Tied to Sleep Apnea (CME/CE)
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- Patients with asthma were also more likely to develop obstructive sleep apnea, researchers reported here. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 21, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Antibody Gets High Marks for Asthma Control (CME/CE)
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- Asthma exacerbations decreased by 87% in patients treated with an investigational agent that targets the interleukin-4 receptor, results of a placebo-controlled phase II trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 21, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Mixed Results for Sleep Apnea Surgery in Kids (CME/CE)
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- Early adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea helped children sleep better at night and behave better during the day but didn't improve attention or cognition, a randomized trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 21, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Bed-Sharing With Parents Puts Babies At 5 Times The Risk For SIDS
Co-sleeping with a newborn increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) fivefold, a new study in BMJ Open suggests. The likelihood applies even if parents are not smokers, drinkers, or drug users - other factors that raise the risk of SIDS, according to the study led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. A previous study conducted by a research team at the University of Calgary, Canada, suggests that premature infants born to mothers who smoke are at a higher risk for SIDS than premature babies born to non-smokers... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Cyberbullying, Risky Sex Hike Teen Suicide Risk (CME/CE)
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Adolescents who reported being victims of "cyberbullying" or engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors were more likely to have considered or attempted suicide, researchers said here. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 21, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Inhaled, Systemic Steroids Both OK for Asthma (CME/CE)
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- Children treated with inhaled corticosteroids or systemic steroids for acute asthma attacks appear to do equally well in terms of hospital admission rates and other outcomes, researchers reported here. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 21, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Taste test
When describing how most kids react to a plate of their least favorite foods, the term melodramatic would be an understatement.
“If I have one more bite of broccoli, I’m going to be sick!”
“Yuck! Spinach again? It makes me gag.”
But for a small portion of kids, these terms aren’t exaggerations; they’re medically accurate statements.
Cameron Ledin is one of those children. The 8-year-old was recently diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a severe allergic inflammation of the esophagus that causes his body to have terrible reactions to a wide range of foods. When a person wi...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - May 21, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts Asthma & allergies Diseases & conditions Food allergies (EoE) clinical trial food allergy Eitan Runinstein eosinophilic esophagitis Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease (EGID) Program John Lee Source Type: news
During CA Pertussis Outbreak, Whole-Cell Vaccine More Effective Than Acellular Vaccine
Whole-cell pertussis vaccines were more effective at protecting against pertussis than acellular pertussis vaccines during a large recent outbreak, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in Pediatrics. Whole-cell pertussis vaccines, also called DTwP, were available from the 1940s to 1990s, but were associated with safety concerns that ultimately led to the development of acellular pertussis vaccines, which are also called DTaP. By the late 1990s, the United States had switched from whole-cell to acellular vaccines for all five recommended infant and childhood doses... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Respiratory / Asthma Source Type: news
Study Shows Whole-Cell Vaccine Was More Effective Than Acellular Vaccine During California Pertussis Outbreak
Whole-cell pertussis vaccines were more effective at protecting against pertussis than acellular pertussis vaccines during a large recent outbreak, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in Pediatrics. Whole-cell pertussis vaccines, also called DTwP, were available from the 1940s to 1990s, but were associated with safety concerns that ultimately led to the development of acellular pertussis vaccines, which are also called DTaP. By the late 1990s, the United States had switched from whole-cell to acellular vaccines for all five recommended infant and childhood doses... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news
Bed Sharing With Parents Increases The Risk Of Cot Death Fivefold Even If The Parents Are Non-Smokers
Rates of sudden infant death would plummet if parents avoided bed sharing, advise authors Bed sharing with parents is linked to a fivefold increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), even when the parents are non-smokers and the mother has not been drinking alcohol and does not use illegal drugs, according to a large analysis published online in BMJ Open... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
ADHD In Childhood May Lead To Obesity In Adulthood
Boys who are diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are twice as likely to become obese in adulthood than those who did not have the condition when they were young, a new long-term study has shown. The finding, published in the journal Pediatrics, revealed that men who have childhood ADHD were more likely to have a greater body-mass index (BMI) and obesity - even when they no longer experience symptoms of the condition. Among these men, socioeconomic status did not matter - all seemed to have a predisposition to becoming obese... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
Intercell vaccine gets U.S. pediatric approval
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Intercell said on Tuesday it has won U.S. regulatory approval for pediatric use of its Ixiaro vaccine to protect against Japanese Encephalitis (JE), a step it had achieved in Europe in February. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Sizing up hypertension in children
Blood pressure thresholds based purely on children’s height allow physicians to identify those with hypertension, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics)
Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics - May 21, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
JPIDS: Releases consensus statement on research definitions for drug-resistant TB in children
(Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society today released its June issue, which includes a consensus statement of the global Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. It establishes standardized definitions, measurements, and other key attributes that will effect research. This is the first step as the group of international stakeholders collaborate to raise visibility and share evidence and resources that can improve children's access to prompt and effective treatment. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 21, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Early removal of adenoids and tonsils can help pediatric sleep apnea symptoms
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) A study led by Brigham and Women's Hospital finds early removal of adenoids and tonsils can improve behavior, sleep apnea symptoms and quality of life in children with sleep apnea. However, early removal fails to improve short term cognitive functioning. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 21, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Drugs of abuse in hair: application in pediatric patients - Fucci N, Vetrugno G, De Giovanni N.
BACKGROUND: : We are describing a case of pediatric maltreatment. A 3-year-old boy was brought to the emergency room because of drowsiness that was caused by what his parents described as an 'accidental' intake of a powder contained in a plastic wrapper th... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 20, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Any Bed-Sharing Puts Baby at Risk for SIDS (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Sharing a bed with an adult -- even one who doesn't smoke or drink -- is associated with a five-fold increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) among younger infants, a new analysis found. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 20, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Celiac Symptoms in Kids Differ with Age (CME/CE)
ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Younger children with celiac disease were more likely to present with growth and biochemical abnormalities, while older kids's symptoms were more likely to resemble irritable bowel syndrome, researchers reported here. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 20, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Men who had ADHD as kids may be more likely to be obese as adults
Pediatrics study showed 41 percent of males who had ADHD as kids became obese, compared to 22 percent among adults who weren't hyperactive as kids (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - May 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Concussion: State Laws Ignore Science
(MedPage Today) -- State lawmakers are moving quickly to enact traumatic brain injury legislation aimed at protecting young athletes, but those laws are often a step ahead of the available science, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 20, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Could sucking on babies’ pacifiers keep allergies from developing?
This study was too small to draw any conclusive facts about allergy and the sharing of microbes,” says Lee. “But I joke with families that a little dirt may be good for their kids, and this study certainly wouldn’t contradict that.”
Since the study’s publication, some dentists have noted that parents sharing oral bacteria with kids might lead to cavities. But Man Wai Ng, DDS, MPH, dentist in chief at Boston Children’s says it’s doubtful that occasional pacifier sharing would be overly damaging to young teeth.
“The reality is that saliva transfer is almost completely unavoidable, ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - May 20, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts Asthma & allergies Food allergies how to cope with food allergies John Lee Source Type: news
Study: Older Whooping Cough Vaccine More Effective
But it was phased out because of side effects; newer version works, study notes (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - May 20, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Infections, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, News, Source Type: news
ADHD in Childhood May Raise Risk for Obesity in Adulthood
Study found boys with the disorder were twice as likely to have a higher body-mass index when they were men (Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge - May 20, 2013 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Pediatrics, Reproductive Medicine, Nutrition, News, Source Type: news
