Providers need protocols in place to better treat transgender youth
WASHINGTON – Practices and clinics should implement cultural humility training and gender protocols for dealing with transgender youth because many of these youth and their parents find health care... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - April 1, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Pediatric mental illness dx, drug prescribing vary widely
A lack of psychiatrists only partially accounted for substantial variations in rates of mental illness diagnosis and prescriptions for psychotropic medications in practices nationwide, a study has... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - April 1, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
No increase in ASD prevalence seen between 2010 and 2012
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 8-year-old children in 2012 was estimated to be 14.6 per 1,000, or one in 68, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - March 31, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Value of the prebaby visit
Will you get paid for conducting a prebaby visit in your practice? Probably not in income, but certainly in long-term benefits to your care of the incoming child and family.
While parents are... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - March 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Flamin’ hots
If you have been practicing for a while, you’re probably old enough to remember the Life cereal commercial that featured Mikey, the “he likes it” kid, who would eat anything. It was falsely rumored... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - March 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
