SIDS most likely in swaddled infants placed on front or side
Sudden infant death syndrome is significantly more likely in infants who are swaddled and placed on the front or side, according to a meta-analysis by Anna S. Pease of the University of Bristol... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 9, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
E-cigarettes fuel increase in nicotine exposures in young children
The incidence of exposure to nicotine and tobacco products in children less than 6 years old increased significantly from 2012 to 2015, according to Alisha Kamboj and her associates.
From January... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 9, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Let ’em cry … or not
A young couple already has decided to bring their as-yet-unborn child to your group. Now they are interviewing each member in hopes of finding a primary care physician who will best fit their... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 8, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
MRSA prevalence in asymptomatic athletes comparable to dialysis, HIV patients
The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among asymptomatic athletes is more than three times higher than the rate reported for the community population... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 8, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Adolescent knee pain ‘not benign,’ linked to later OA
GLASGOW – Older adults are more than seven times as likely to develop knee osteoarthritis if they had anterior knee pain as adolescents, according to the results of a case-control study.
The... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 7, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Congenital heart disease screening cuts infant mortality
BALTIMORE – The mandate to screen all U.S.-born neonates for critical congenital heart disease that started in 2011 has had an apparent effect on infant mortality.
By 2013, national U.S. data showed... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 7, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Behavioral seminars for parents can improve child’s behavior, decrease corporal punishment
BALTIMORE – Parents who take behavior seminars for dealing with their children, such as one known as Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE), can significantly improve a child’s behavior and the... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
USDA to release more funds for antibiotic resistance research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has made $6 million available through its Agriculture and Food Research Initiative to fund research on antimicrobial resistance.
“The research projects funded... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Novel device therapy shows continued benefits in pediatric peanut allergy
LOS ANGELES – A peanut protein–bearing skin patch known as the Viaskin Peanut gave a continued strong performance for treatment of peanut allergy in children during the second year of an... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Sunshine Act: ADHD drug promotion dominates payments to pediatricians
Drugs to treat ADHD are the products most commonly promoted to general pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists by industry, according to a recent analysis of Sunshine Act payments.
Researchers... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
FDA takes more steps to keep kids off tobacco products
New regulations from the Food and Drug Administration ban the sale of all tobacco products – including e-cigarettes – to minors.
The final <a... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
VIDEO: Secrets of success in a MACRA-based world
WASHINGTON – Are you ready for the way you are paid for seeing patients to change, and not just change, but change dramatically?
The value-based care system of reimbursement for primary care... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
VIDEO: Value-based care 101
WASHINGTON – Feel free to continue operating under a fee-for-service system, but according to Neil Kirschner, Ph.D., the senior associate for regulatory and insurer affairs at the American College of... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
ED visits due to anaphylaxis doubled at Canadian children’s hospital
The percentage of emergency department (ED) visits due to anaphylaxis more than doubled from 2011 to 2015 at one Canadian children’s hospital, according to a Research Letter to the Editor published... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
VIDEO: Childhood obesity, particularly severe obesity, is not declining
BALTIMORE – Rates of obesity, particularly severe obesity, in children have not decreased since 1999, despite what recent studies may say, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
