Pediatrics
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Child, adolescent autism patients visiting EDs in higher numbers
NEW YORK – Calm, clear communication is key to treating ASD children and adolescents in crisis. But it takes training, experts say.
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Vitamin D supplementation recommended in all children, teens
Dr. Catherine Gordon recommends 600 IU of vitamin D daily for all healthy children and teens
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Presume parents want HPV vaccines for tweens
Clinics in which providers presented HPV vaccination as an assumed part of tween health care had a 5% increase in HPV vaccination coverage,...
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Make HIV testing of adolescents routine
Dr. Kristina K. Bryant encourages you to make HIV testing of adolescents routine.
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Many premature infants receive reflux medication after NICU discharge
Three-quarters of premature infants who receive gastroesophageal reflux medication are started after being discharged from NICUs, despite...
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Most children’s hypertension goes undiagnosed and untreated
Pediatric hypertension is underdiagnosed, and medication guidelines are inconsistently followed.
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Flushing Lesion on 4-Month-Old Boy
When he was one month old, this baby developed a lesion on his back. Since then, his parents report, on two separate occasions he's had a whole-...
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Body-size awareness linked with BMI decrease in obese children, teens
Body-size awareness was associated with a decrease in BMI among obese children and teens.
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Obesity risk rises when kids aren’t active 1 hour a day
SAN FRANCISCO – The behavioral characteristic that correlated the most with obesity in school-age children was being active less than 1 hour per...
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Two migraine prevention drugs prove no better than placebo in children
Amitriptyline and topiramate, commonly used to prevent migraine in adults, were associated with significantly more adverse events than was placebo...