'Rx: physical activity' urged to combat childhood
obesity.(Clinical Rounds)
GENEVA -- Increasing physical activity levels in children and
adolescents is just what the doctor should order to reverse the rate of
childhood and adolescent obesity, according to Dr. Denes . . .
Watchful waiting best in neurofibromatosis type 1.(Clinical
Rounds)
LA JOLLA, CALIF. -- The way Dr. Lynne M. Bird sees it, the $1,500
gene sequencing test for neurofibromatosis type 1 in children is rarely
necessary because it usually does not change clinical . . .
Low vitamin D linked to asthma exacerbations.(Clinical
Rounds)
PHILADELPHIA -- Children with asthma and on treatment with inhaled
corticosteroids who had insufficient blood levels of vitamin D had an
increased risk of asthma exacerbations during 4 years of . . .
Using Daytrana patch 4-6 hours benefits ADHD.(Behavioral
Pediatrics)
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder who wore
Daytrana methylphenidate transdermal patches for stretches of 4 or 6
hours experienced improvements in their ADHD symptoms, results . . .
High-risk youth behaviors decreasing over time.(Behavioral
Pediatrics)
Fewer high school students are engaging in certain high-risk health
behaviors today, compared with their counterparts in the early 1990s,
according to data from the 2007 national Youth Risk . . .
St. John's wort is found not beneficial in ADHD.(Behavioral
Pediatrics)
An 8-week course of St. John's wort did not improve
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in what researchers
described as the first-ever randomized clinical trial of the herbal
remedy . . .
Lead and intrauterine tobacco exposure may trigger
ADHD.(Behavioral Consult)
HONOLULU -- More than 800,000 cases of
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the United States may be
linked to childhood exposure to lead and intrauterine exposure to
tobacco smoke, . . .
Fostering self-esteem through the ages.(Behavioral
Consult)
An individual's core sense of self-esteem is cultivated from
birth, as a baby receives the attention and affection provided by the
caretaker. When an infant's cry is comforted, her hunger . . .
Abused moms are more likely to spank infants.(Behavioral
Pediatrics)(Clinical report)
HONOLULU -- Corporal punishment was being used by 1 in 7 mothers to
discipline their 11-month-olds in a prospective study of 1,378 mothers.
Dr. Esther K. Chung, primary investigator, said the . . .
Home, sweet home.(Letters From Maine)
That steady buzzing sound bugging me for the last couple of years
has finally gotten so loud that I must write about the two words that
are causing all the noise: Medical Home. How could one . . .
Pain relievers.
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"More and more patients are going to the Internet for medical
advice. To keep my practice going, I changed my name to . . .
Pediatricians: enjoy the happy times.(LETTERS)(Letter to the
editor)
I thoroughly enjoyed Barbara J. Howard's recent column
("Smile and the Kids Smile With You," Behavioral Consult, May
2008, p. 20). I think I am young today because of playing during my work
time. . . .
A good book for pediatricians.(LETTERS)(Letter to the
editor)
When I was a resident pediatrician, I picked up a Barton D. Schmitt
telephone triage book and perused it ("How to Select Books on
Parenting," January 2008, p. 38).
It was great! It had all the . . .
Yes, there is an autism epidemic.(LETTERS)(Letter to the
editor)
I am writing in response to an editorial by Lawrence Scahill,
Ph.D., about autism ("Autism Is Not an Epidemic," Guest
Editorial, April 2008, p. 24). I am not an epidemiologist or . . .
Autism: address, don't deny concerns.(LETTERS)(Letter to the
editor)
The autism editorial by Lawrence Scahill, Ph.D., is very upsetting
("Autism Is Not an Epidemic," Guest Editorial, April 2008, p.
24).
I know that editorials are supposed to be controversial; . . .
Vaccine refusers pose liability issues.(LETTERS)(Letter to the
editor)
Regarding the standardized patients who graded pediatricians on
their care, I applaud the physicians who didn't dismiss them
because they declined the required/recommended immunizations, but . . .
Catch-up immunization software.(Infectious Diseases)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering an
online software tool designed to help health care providers and parents
determine how to adjust complex childhood immunization . . .
Third-trimester maternal flu vaccine also protects
infant.(Infectious Diseases)(Clinical report)
HONOLULU -- When women are given influenza vaccine in their third
trimester of pregnancy, their infants receive protection against flu
infection, results of a randomized controlled trial of more . . .
Patches among new vaccine delivery methods.(I.D. CONSULT)
Innovative vaccines in the pipeline offer needle-less alternatives
that will help alleviate the human pincushion problem as well as
facilitate immunization in the developing world.
Transdermal . . .
Virtually all pediatricians follow Tdap guidelines.(Infectious
Diseases)
HONOLULU -- One year after the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention issued new recommendations on vaccinating adolescents against
pertussis, 96% of pediatricians but only 75% of family . . .
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