Breaking news on pediatrics
Vaccine Myths - Doctors Try To Dispel Them published
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PST
A Missouri State Medical Association, led by two Saint Louis University pediatricians, aims to raise awareness about the importance of getting children vaccinated and change the way in which doctors respond to parents' fears of vaccines. The campaign is the focus point of Ken Haller, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, and Anthony Scalzo, M.D...
In Preadolescence, Sleep Deprivation Tied To Increased Nighttime Urination published
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Nighttime visits to the bathroom are generally associated with being pregnant or having an enlarged prostate, but the problem can affect youngsters, too. A new study sheds light on why some children may need to urinate more often during the rest cycle...
Doctors Aim To Dispel Myths About Vaccines published
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Two Saint Louis University pediatricians are leading a Missouri State Medical Association statewide effort to change the way doctors respond to parents' fears of vaccines, and to raise awareness about the importance of getting children vaccinated. Ken Haller, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, and Anthony Scalzo, M.D...
Child Abuse And Neglect Toll $124 Billion, USA published
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was published in Child Abuse and Neglect - The International Journal, reveals that the total lifetime estimated financial costs that is associated with just one year of confirmed cases of child maltreatment, including physical and sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect, is about 124 billion U.S. dollars...
US Pediatricians Recommend Routine HPV Vaccination For Boys published
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
As part of a revised standard published this week, the American Academy of Pediatrics says boys should be routinely vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), a common virus that is spread through sexual contact. Although there are dozens of types of HPV, vaccines can protect both male and females against some of the more common types that can lead to disease and cancer...
Measures Must Be Taken To Prevent Depression In Adolescents published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 PST
As one of the most common, unrecognized and untreated health problems among young people, tackling depression is a serious priority for countries worldwide. The psychiatric disorder causes serious social and educational problems for patients, as well as leading to increased risk of suicide and substance abuse...
Assessing The Value Of BMI Screening And Surveillance In Schools published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
The value of routine body mass index (BMI) screening in schools has been a topic of ongoing controversy. An expert Roundtable Discussion in the current issue of Childhood Obesity, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc...
Key Factors In Student Weight - Impoverished Schools, Parent Education published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Attending a financially poor school may have more of an effect on unhealthy adolescent weight than family poverty, according to Penn State sociologists. Poor schools even influence how parental education protects kids from becoming overweight...
Anesthesia Exposure Linked To ADHD In Children published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minn., and published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, reveals that children who have been under anesthesia many times when they are young have a greater risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). According to David Warner, M...
Obesity-Related Diseases In Adolescents Improves With Bariatric Surgery Within First Two Years published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled...
During Pregnancy, Consuming Fish Improves Offspring's Cognitive Development And Prosocial Conduct published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Can pregnant women improve their progeny's intelligence by eating fish? A study recently submitted to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and coordinated by the University of Granada professor Cristina Campoy Folgoso revealed that infants born to mothers who consumed more fish during pregnancy score higher in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill tests, and present an...
Recommendations For HPV And Hepatitis B Vaccinations Broadened By 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) now recommends routine HPV vaccination for males aged 11 to 12 years and catch-up vaccination for males aged 13 to 21. These are just two of the changes to the 2012 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule published February 1 in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP)...
Childhood Infections Linked To High Risk Of Ischemic Stroke published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Common infections in children pose a high risk of ischemic stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. In a review of 2.5 million children, the researchers identified 126 childhood ischemic stroke cases and then randomly selected 378 age-matched controls from the remaining children without stroke...
Mothers Who Eat Fish While Pregnant Produce Offspring With Better Cognitive Development published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PST
Does eating fish during pregnancy improve a child's intelligence? According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition the answer is yes. The study revealed that infants of mothers who consumed more fish during pregnancy achieved higher scores in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill testing, as well as having a higher pro-social behavior...
U-M Study Urges Parents To Enforce Booster Seat Use When Carpooling published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Most parents report that they typically require their child to use a life-saving booster seat, but more than 30 percent said they do not enforce this rule when their child is riding with another driver. The study, conducted by child health experts at University of Michigan's C.S...
National Study Shows Majority Of Self-Harming Adolescents Don't Receive A Mental Health Assessment During Emergency Room Visit published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
A national study of Medicaid data shows most young people who present to emergency departments with deliberate self-harm are discharged to the community, without receiving an emergency mental health assessment. Even more, a roughly comparable proportion of these patients receive no outpatient mental health care in the following month...
Genetic Breakthrough For Brain Cancer In Children published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
An international research team led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) has made a major genetic breakthrough that could change the way pediatric cancers are treated in the future...
Mom's Love Good For Child's Brain published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning, memory and response to stress. The new research, by child psychiatrists and neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St...
A Parent's Nurturing Results In Larger Hippocampus In Children published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:00 PST
A recent study by child psychiatrists and neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition, states that children whose mothers showed them love and affection from the very beginning have brains with a larger hippocampus, which is a key part of the brain involved with...
Parents Often Forego Booster Seats When Carpooling Kids published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
Child health experts, who conducted a national survey in the US, found that although most parents make sure their children use a life-saving booster seat in the family car, they tend to forego booster seats when carpooling. The experts suggest shortage of space in cars and the difficulty of making arrangements with other drivers are the main reasons parents do this...
Childhood Brain Tumors Linked To Newly Discovered Mutations published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
A recent study published in the online edition of the scientific journal Nature Genetics of rare, lethal childhood tumors of the brainstem has revealed that almost 80% of tumors contain gene mutations that have previously not been associated with cancer. According to early evidence, gene alterations also implicate other aggressive pediatric brain tumors...
Children With Severe Burn Injuries Are At A Much Higher Risk Of Health Complications And Death published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
A study published Online First by The Lancet has found that children with burn injuries covering 60% or more of their total body surface area (TBSA) are at a much higher risk of experiencing severe complications or death. The authors urge the need for more attention to be given to such patients, with more vigilant and improved forms of therapy...
Psychologists Analyze The Development Of Prejudices Within Children published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Girls are not as good at playing football as boys, and they do not have a clue about cars. Instead they know better how to dance and do not get into mischief as often as boys. Prejudices like these are cultivated from early childhood onwards by everyone...
Bronchoalveolar Lavage And Lung Clearance Index Detects Early Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
The lung clearance index (LCI) is a sensitive non-invasive marker of early lung disease in young children with cystic fibrosis (CF), according to a new study from Australian researchers...
Discovery May Lead To New Treatment For Rett Syndrome published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that a molecule critical to the development and plasticity of nerve cells - brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) - is severely lacking in brainstem neurons in mutations leading to Rett syndrome, a neurological developmental disorder...
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