For some, physicians are all in the family.(The Rest of Your
Life)
As a young child growing up in Venezuela, Dr. Julieta Bleichmar
Holman would peer out the window when patients would approach the
first-floor home office of her parents, who are both psychiatrists . . .
Communication key to cut adverse drug events.(Practice
Trends)
Children with multiple prescriptions and those whose parents lack
English skills are at increased risk of having preventable adverse drug
events, according to a Boston study.
"Further attention . . .
The who and when of supplemental security income.(Health Policy:
The Fine Line)
Several of my more chronically ill patients-complex care, special
needs--come from low income families. Medicaid, while paying for most of
the medical bills, is not sufficient in many cases. How . . .
Dealing with personal illness.(On the Learning Curve)
Over the past year and a half, I have gotten to know my own
personal doctors much better while dealing with varied and assorted
medical issues that, while thankfully not ultimately serious, have . . .
Mental health screening required in Massachusetts.(Practice
Trends)
MassHealth, Massachusetts' Medicaid program, has begun
requiring primary care doctors and nurses to use a standardized
behavioral health screening tool at every well-child visit for children
under . . .
Abuse of children on the rise.(Policy & Practice)(Brief
article)
Children accounted for more than half of all abuse cases treated at
U.S. hospitals in 2005, according to the Agency for Health-care Research
and Quality (AHRQ). About one-third of those children . . .
Senators promote dental care bill.(Policy & Practice)(Brief
article)
Three U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation designed to
increase access to dental care among poor children in an effort to
prevent more children from dying because of complications from . . .
Head start warns of cuts.(Policy & Practice)(Brief
article)
The National Head Start Association (NHSA) has warned that the Bush
administration is using a series of enrollment cuts and new regulatory
requirements in an attempt to dismantle the Head Start . . .
Care continuity improves screening.(Policy &
Practice)
Complete continuity of care in infancy--seeing the same physician
or provider for every visit--dramatically improved the likelihood that
children received critical health screenings during their . . .
Nursery product injuries rise.(Policy & Practice)
Nursery products such as cribs, high chairs, and walkers were
involved in 66,400 injuries to children under age 5 years who were
treated in emergency departments in 2006, an 8% increase over 2005, . . .
Specialist shortage leaves care of obese children to
PCPs.(Practice Trends)(Survey)
The distribution of children with diabetes and obesity does not
parallel that of pediatric endocrinologists in the United States,
largely because of geographic disparities in the supply of . . .
Advocates call SCHIP enrollment data misleading; an AAP committee
chairman says the HHS's recent statements indicating, enthusia
The federal government's portrayal of enrollment growth in the
State Children's Health Insurance Program in 2007 is disingenuous
and somewhat misleading, advocates for children's programs said.
. . .
Reduced screen time leads to reduced BMI.(Clinical
Rounds)
Decreasing the amount of television and other screen time was
associated with a significant and sustained reduction in body mass index
among overweight children aged 4-7 years, researchers . . .
Nondrug intervention may aid GERD symptoms.(Clinical
Rounds)
Simple changes in feeding and positioning of infants led to
significant improvement in symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease
in just 2 weeks, according to the results of a small trial.
. . .
Can [HbA.sub.1c] be converted to mean blood glucose?(Clinical
Rounds)
Attempts to translate hemoglobin Ale into mean blood glucose via a
mathematical formula are likely to introduce substantial error,
according to results from an analysis of continuous glucose . . .
Niox Mino (airway inflammation measurement device, Aerocrine
Inc.).(New & Approved)
The FDA also approved a new handheld device, the Niox Mino, that
allows physicians to measure airway inflammation in asthma patients aged
7 years and older.
* Recommended Frequency of Use: . . .
Nexium (esomeprazole magnesium, AstraZeneca).(New &
Approved)
The Food and Drug Administration approved the proton pump inhibitor
esomeprazole magnesium (Nexium, AstraZeneca) for short-term treatment of
gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients aged . . .
Avoid postinflammatory hyperpigmentation in ethnic
patients.(Clinical Rounds)
MIAMI BEACH -- Prevention is the best therapy for patients of color
regarding dermatologic procedures with a potential to cause
postinflammatory hyperpigmentation changes, according to a . . .
Learning disabilities: the pediatrician's role.(Special
Needs: Realizing Potential)
Learning disabilities are disorders of central nervous system
function that interfere with the use of listening, speaking, reading,
writing, reasoning, or mathematical skills. Language . . .
Internal, external cue responses tied to obesity.(Clinical
Rounds)
BALTIMORE -- Children with greater body mass indexes appear to be
more responsive to external food cues and less responsive to internal
satiety signals, according to a study involving almost 11,000 . . .
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