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This week on Thrive: Oct. 26 – 30Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here’s a look at what Thrive was up to last week. Frances Jensen, MD, senior associate in Neurology, was featured in a piece on 60 Minutes about the prevalence of epilepsy and the importance of funding research that can lead to its cure. It’s clearer than ever before: American children are suffering from a Vitamin D deficiency. A novel surgery saves one baby’s vision. The HealthMap team gives our weekly H1N1 update. Children’s doctors talk about how easily H1N1 spreads and Dr. Sanjay Gupta visits Children’s. Our Mediatrician tackles “s. lists” and a Children’s expert offers parents a guide to a healthfu...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 1, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Children's Hospital Boston staff Tags: All posts Ask the Mediatrician eating well epilepsy Flu vaccine h1n1 HealthMap infants Michael Rich parenting seasonal flu sex education swine flu swine flu vaccine teen health teenagers unhealthful eating Vaccines vita Source Type: organizations

A Children’s expert answers parents’ questions about the swine fluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Joanne Cox, MD, director of Children’s Hospital Boston’s Primary Care Center, answers questions about H1N1 during a Karson & Kennedy Morning Show on MIX 104.1. She dispels common myths and answers questions about the swine flu virus and vaccine, like: How do you know if you have regular flu or H1N1? Can you be immune if you’ve already had swine flu? Is there harmful mercury in the vaccine? Related posts:Thimerosal, squalene and Guillain-Barré: Expert answers to your seasonal and H1N1 flu questionsWhy are you getting your child vaccinated? Four parents’ answers.Should my child get the swi...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 6, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Erin Graham Tags: All posts H1N1 (swine flu) h1n1 answers myths about h1n1 parents questions about swine flu Source Type: organizations

My family’s story: surviving swine fluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Thanks to H1N1, Halloween came on November 15 for the Lord and Ladies of the Cyr household My wife, Sara, and I are the proud parents of newly minted 4-year-old triplets, and this fall we just haven’t been able to get healthy in our house. We get over one illness and another one crops up a week later. Fevers come and go. Coughs are incessant. Headaches bloom and recede. It’s been never-ending. So none of us was feeling particularly well on the Thursday before Halloween when Sara called me at work and told me she had spiked a fever. We weren’t sure it was H1N1, but working in the Public Affairs Department here at Ch...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Matt Cyr Tags: H1N1 (swine flu) One parent's story Flu vaccine seasonal flu swine flu vaccine Vaccines Source Type: organizations

Low back pain: do not forget the sacroiliac joint!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - October 22, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Brown, N, Thyagarajan, M S, Johnson, K, Ramanan, A V Tags: Miscellanea Source Type: journals

Variable biopsy findings common in childhood celiac diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Duodenal involvement in children with celiac disease is often patchy and may show variable severity even within a single biopsy fragment, say researchers who say multiple endoscopic biopsies are necessary to diagnose the condition. (Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics)
Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics - October 23, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

Circadian rhythm genes linked to pediatric bipolar disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Polymorphisms in two genes related to the circadian rhythm may be associated with the development of pediatric bipolar disorder, although not with age at onset, US researchers have discovered. (Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics)
Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics - November 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

Unrecognized Invasive Infection in a Neonate Colonized with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A 3-month-old, 26-week premature infant presented to a regional hospital with macrocephaly. Head computed tomography revealed abnormal brain with limited cortical tissue, ventriculomegaly, and ring-enhancing foci, prompting referral to our center. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed extensive cerebral abscesses (). (Source: The Journal of Pediatrics)
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - November 16, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Rebecca S. Woodlief, Jonathan E. Markowitz Tags: Insights Source Type: journals

Health headlines: H1N1 found in pigs, childhood abuse leads to obesity and the worst foods to feed your kidsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Other stories we’ve been reading: For the first time, the H1N1 virus has been found in American pigs. Officials believe the pigs caught the virus from infected students who were visiting the fair. One in five U.S. children had an influenza-like illness during the first 11 days of October, and most of those cases were probably pandemic H1N1 influenza, according to the CDC. We read about a new study showing that childhood neglect and abuse can result in adult obesity, and stumbled on a mind-boggling list of the worst foods to feed kids when eating out. On the higher education front, a group of Massachusetts colleges a...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - October 24, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Children's Hospital Boston staff Tags: All posts eating well h1n1 health headlines nutrition obesity swine flu unhealthful eating Source Type: organizations

H1N1 (swine flu) weekly update: Oct. 28 – Nov. 3Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here are this week’s H1N1 updates from the HealthMap team of the Children’s Hospital Informatics Program. Afghanistan, Ukraine, Moldova, Croatia, Belarus, Slovenia, Austria, and the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Yukon reported their first H1N1 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported the number of global H1N1 deaths jumped to over 5,700 worldwide. In other statements, WHO reiterated that the vaccines are safe, that one dose is sufficient for adults and children over 10, and that pregnant women should be vaccinated since they are a high-risk group. Researchers at the annual meeting of the Infectiou...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 5, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: The HealthMap Team Tags: All posts H1N1 (swine flu) Flu vaccine HealthMap swine flu vaccine Source Type: organizations

CDC Advisory Committee To Weigh Whether To Recommend Vaccinating Boys Against HPVEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Wednesday is scheduled to consider whether to recommend vaccination of boys with Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil, NPR's "All Things Considered" reports. (Source: Pediatrics News From Medical News Today)
Source: Pediatrics News From Medical News Today - October 22, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Source Type: news

H1N1 (swine flu) weekly update: Oct. 14 – 20Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here are this week’s H1N1 updates from the HealthMap team of the Children’s Hospital Informatics Program. Trinidad & Tobago and Iceland have reported their first H1N1 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the ongoing H1N1 pandemic remains a cause for concern because of its unpredictable nature, and announced that more than 4735 deaths can now be attributed to the virus. In addition, the WHO identified those most at risk and underscored the risk to the young and healthy. Doctors have been urged to treat suspect cases quickly, as the virus may cause viral pneumonia much more commonly than season...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - October 22, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: The HealthMap Team Tags: All posts H1N1 (swine flu) Flu vaccine HealthMap swine flu vaccine Vaccines Source Type: organizations

Health headlines: Artificial bones, puberty blocking drugs and Halloween treatsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Other stories we’ve been reading: Surgeons put an artificial bone in a 3-year-old’s arm. Parents can use these guidelines for letting their diabetic kids enjoy Halloween’s treats. Listen to the new guidelines being reviewed by British doctors that would lower the country’s age limit for transgender patients receiving puberty-blocking drugs. The segment begins at the 34 minute marker. Multiple studies show how pregnant women getting the flu vaccine is an important way to protect their babies. Sesame Street characters Elmo and Rosita show your child the right way to sneeze. Last weekend, Emergency Department doct...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - October 31, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Children's Hospital Boston staff Tags: All posts artificial bone diabetes flu Flu vaccine health headlines infants media seasonal flu swine flu swine flu vaccine transgender Vaccines Source Type: organizations

H1N1 (swine flu) weekly update: Nov. 11 – 17Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here are this week’s H1N1 updates from the HealthMap team of the Children’s Hospital Informatics Program. Burundi and Greenland have reported their 1st cases of H1N1, while North Cyprus, Bosnia, Poland, Kosovo, Tunisia, and Morocco have reported their 1st H1N1 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended early administration of antiviral medicines to prevent death in pregnant women, very young children, and people with underlying medical problems who fall ill with H1N1. Additionally, the WHO has warned of the dangers of H1N1 spreading rapidly at any big sporting or cultural events, as Saudi Arabia prepares ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 19, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: The HealthMap Team Tags: All posts H1N1 (swine flu) Flu vaccine HealthMap swine flu vaccine Source Type: organizations

A new perspective on preventing an epidemic: How H1N1 compares to SARS and the Nipah virusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Aaron Bernstein, MD, MPH, physician in Medicine at Children’s and faculty, Center for Health and the Global Environment Sometimes, the best perspectives come from far away places and few places are farther from Boston than Singapore, a small, developed, and modern island nation in southeast Asia, where I spent much of October. The distance between Boston and Singapore is more than geographic, however. While away, H1N1 influenza reclaimed the national spotlight back home. Hardly a day went by without mention of it in the news. It became the topic of conversation among doctors and patients everywhere. Well, almost e...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 9, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Children's Hospital Boston staff Tags: All posts H1N1 (swine flu) perspective on flu preventing epidemic SARS SARS and H1N1 Singapore flu Source Type: organizations

Trick and treatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Georgia makes a pretty princess. Each year, many Children’s Hospital Boston patients dress up and go trick-or-treating throughout the hospital. The children love to decorate their bags and the inpatient floors in spooky themes. The staff get in on the fun too. Here are some of today’s costumed kids. Do you have Halloween photos of your children you’d like to share? Email them to us—and tell us their names—at thrive@childrens.harvard.edu and we’ll include them in our gallery. Alyssa goes as a cute Kitty. Kitty Sophia goes trick-or-treating with her mom, Cecilia. Vladimir is a brav...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - October 30, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Erin Graham Tags: All posts hospital halloween patients trick or treat photos of costumes Source Type: organizations

FDA Expands Use Of CSL Limited's Seasonal And H1N1 Vaccines To Infants And ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the CSL Limited's seasonal and 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines to include children ages 6 months and older. These vaccine were previously approved for use in adults, ages 18 years and older "Because children are among those most vulnerable to the 2009 H1N1 virus, having a broader range of vaccines available for use in children is an important step in responding to the H1N1 outbreak," said Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. (Source: Pediatrics News From Medical News Today)
Source: Pediatrics News From Medical News Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

H1N1 (swine flu) weekly update: Nov. 4 – 10Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here are this week’s H1N1 updates from the HealthMap team of the Children’s Hospital Informatics Program. Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Slovakia, and St. Lucia reported their first H1N1 deaths, while Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Armenia reported their 1st cases of H1N1. Last week, Ukraine (population 46 million) saw a first wave of H1N1 begin. Since last week’s blog, the number infected has increased at least five-fold to 1.3 million sick and 174 dead. Neighboring Slovakia and Russia tightened their borders as Ukraine’s outbreak spread. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that H1N1 has b...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 12, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: The HealthMap Team Tags: All posts H1N1 (swine flu) Flu vaccine HealthMap swine flu vaccine Source Type: organizations

Live virus vaccine vs. killed virus vaccine: What’s the difference?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you’ve been reading up on vaccines lately (and it seems like everyone has), you’ve probably read that there’s a difference between the injectable and mist versions of vaccines. And if you’re like me, you might not know what that difference is. Well, here it is: the injectable version is made with “killed virus” and the mist version is made with “live virus.” If, like me, you’re still confused, here’s some help from Ken McIntosh, MD, an infectious disease and vaccine specialist at Children’s Hospital Boston. The killed vaccine has been used for decades, and during that time has improved. The imp...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - October 19, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Matt Cyr Tags: All posts H1N1 (swine flu) Flu vaccine seasonal flu swine flu vaccine Vaccines Source Type: organizations

Also In Global Health News: Childhood Vaccines; USAID Administrator; Pakistan Polio Fight; UNICEF Fundraising; Measles In IndiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The International Examines Contributing Factors To Uneven Distribution Of Childhood Vaccines As a follow-up to the release of the State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization by the WHO, UNICEF and World Bank last month, (Source: Pediatrics News From Medical News Today)
Source: Pediatrics News From Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news

Little Turtles Tied to Salmonella Outbreak, Again (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Those tiny turtles banned from sale in the U.S. because of their potential to transmit Salmonella are still on pet store shelves and have been linked to disease outbreaks, researchers say. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - October 19, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news