Pediatrics
Conference Coverage
Intervention opens access to care for minority youths with type 1 diabetes
Program adds support for children with diabetes and their families who are struggling because of lack of resources or marginalization in the...
Conference Coverage
‘Staggering’ doubling of type 2 diabetes in children during pandemic
Two new studies show a shocking increase in type 2 diabetes among U.S. children during the pandemic, with increased severity at presentation....
Latest News
Average childbirth costs more than $3,000 out of pocket with private insurance
“To avoid imposing undue financial burden on families, private insurers should improve childbirth coverage,” the researchers wrote.
Conference Coverage
Dose-dependent effect of ‘internet addiction’ and sleep problems
Mechanisms linking internet addiction and sleep disorders are not clear, but the relationship is probably multifactorial and perhaps interrelated...
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Bifidobacteria supplementation regulates newborn immune system
A healthy gut microbiome plays the greatest role in immunological development during the first 3 months post partum.
Conference Coverage
AI-based software demonstrates accuracy in diagnosis of autism
“The lack of diagnostic tools for ASD in primary care settings contributes to an average delay of 3 years between first parental concern and...
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Polypharmacy remains common for autism spectrum patients
Population-based cohort study shows frequent prescription changes in patients with autism.
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Vaccination trends beginning to diverge
Vaccine initiation may be declining already in children aged 12-15 years.
Guidelines
AAP updates guidance for return to sports and physical activities
For adolescents who are eligible, getting a COVID-19 vaccine may be the most important thing they can do.
News
FDA approves OTC antihistamine nasal spray
Nasal antihistamines “work quickly, whereas the nasal steroids don’t, and I think a lot of people who go to the drugstore looking for allergy...
Case Reports
5-year-old boy • calf pain • fever • cough & rhinitis • Dx?
THE CASE
A 5-year-old previously healthy white boy presented to clinic with bilateral calf pain and...