Pediatrics
Conference Coverage
Keep cancer prominent in differential diagnoses of pediatric rheumatic complaints
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Resilience
Dr. William G. Wilkoff says physicians can and should be doing a better job helping children learn that even in the most adverse conditions they...
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The hunger game
Dr. William G. Wilkoff discusses picky eaters and whether the power of hunger can be used to safely manage selective eating in children with...
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Asthma hospitalizations linked to prevalence of common cold in children
Clinical Inquiries
Does caffeine intake during pregnancy affect birth weight?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: No. Reducing caffeinated coffee consumption by 180 mg of caffeine (the equivalent of 2 cups) per day after 16 weeks’...
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Portal inflammation in pediatric NAFLD linked to fibrosis
Portal inflammation in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with a more than threefold greater risk of more advanced...
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More teens complete HPV vaccine series when parents choose reminder methods
Asking parents how they want to be reminded of the need for their child’s second dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine appears to increase the...
Conference Coverage
Efavirenz linked with higher bone mass in children with HIV
Switching HIV-infected South African children from ritonavir-boosted lopinavir (LPV/r) to efavirenz (EFV)-based antiretroviral therapy improved...
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Donor human milk availability to VLBW infants associated with decreased NEC
For very low birth weight infants, the availability of donor human milk to newborns was associated with a decreased incidence of necrotizing...
Conference Coverage
Data on two-dose 9-valent HPV vaccinations encouraging, but more needed
Studies of two-dose and three-dose 9-valent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines in youth aged 9-14 years and in those up to age 26 found the...
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#payattention
Dr. Francine Pearce explains about how teens with mental illnesses use hashtags on Instagram to connect with each other.