Pediatrics
News
Study contradicts AAP recommendations on infant room-sharing
Should the American Academy of Pediatrics revise its 2016 recommendations?
Conference Coverage
GI disorders more prevalent in children with poorly controlled asthma
SAN FRANCISCO - Poorly controlled asthma, functional gastrointestinal disorders, and anxiety tend to travel together.
News
First trimester use of inactivated flu vaccine didn’t cause birth defects
Is maternal flu vaccination in the first trimester safe?
Opinion
Foodborne illnesses of foreign, domestic origin: On the rise?
Consider the diversity of origin of foodborne-illness outbreaks in the United States.
Conference Coverage
Oral HPV infections sharply lower for vaccinated youth
HPV vaccination appears to confer a high level of protection against oral infection with oncogenic virus types.
Opinion
Adolescents and sleep, or the lack thereof
Do your adolescent patients know how sleep deprived they are?
News
Declines in frequent binge drinking vary in some teen subgroups
Reductions in frequent binge drinking vary in some subgroups of U.S. teens.
Conference Coverage
Marijuana-related visits to Colorado ED steadily increasing
ED and urgent care visits related to cannabis among teens in Colorado doubled from 2009 to 2015.
Conference Coverage
HPV vaccine training video improved provider knowledge, confidence
SAN FRANCISCO – How can watching a video improve pediatric providers' ability to counsel patients about the HPV vaccine?
Conference Coverage
Intravenous tPA ups mortality in children with acute ischemic stroke
BOSTON – The results show that studies of the efficacy of ischemic stroke treatment in adults can’t necessarily be extrapolated to children.