Analysis supports daily folate for children with psoriasis on methotrexate
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Children and adolescents receiving methotrexate for psoriasis were significantly less likely to experience gastrointestinal side effects when they took a folate supplement every... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - July 1, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Children’s lead levels in Flint, Mich., fluctuate as water supply switched
In Flint, Mich., the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels rose among children under age 6 years after the switch in the city’s water source, dropped after an advisory was issued, and then dropped... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Initiative aims to improve transition from pediatric to adult care
Gregg Michael Talente, MD, remembers well a young patient who nearly fell through the gap between pediatric an adult health care.
The woman was treated for lupus by her pediatrician until age 19... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Rash, microcephaly not always present with congenital Zika syndrome
The largest study so far of congenital Zika virus syndrome suggests that microcephaly and maternal rash are not sufficient to detect affected babies.
Writing in the June 29 online edition of The... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
In T1D, quality of life measures fall short
NEW ORLEANS – Quality of life measures are sorely lacking for patients with type 1 diabetes, but researchers are attempting to identify measures of patient well-being that go beyond the hemoglobin... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Bacterial colonizer vs. pathogen
Although acute otitis media (AOM) has decreased in number, and especially the more severe difficult to treat versions, I was reminded that this still is a problem for young children based on personal... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Restless sleep in 11-year-olds predicts earlier substance use
DENVER – Poor sleep quality and shorter sleep duration in boys at age 11 years is associated with subsequent accelerated use and misuse of alcohol and cannabis during adolescence and emerging... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Screen teens for suicide risk, AAP advises
Screening teens for suicide risk is among the recommendations in a new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Adolescence.
Suicide is now the second-leading cause of... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Zika vaccine development to get underway
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has announced that they will provide up to $21.9 million to help develop a... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 28, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
VIDEO: TNF inhibitors improved refractory skin disease in juvenile dermatomyositis
LONDON – Tumor necrosis factor–inhibitor treatment improved refractory skin disease in juvenile dermatomyositis patients in the largest observational study of its kind from the United Kingdom and... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 27, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
ACIP hints at move from three-dose to two-dose HPV vaccination schedule for youth
A work group for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is leaning toward recommending a change from three to two doses of the human... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 24, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Supreme Court deadlocks on immigration policy case
Supreme Court justices have deadlocked on whether protections for undocumented immigrants can be expanded under an executive order by the President.
In a June 23 decision, justices were equally... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 23, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Condom basics
In discussion of pregnancy prevention, a great deal of time is spent on female birth control, and the use of condoms is like a tag line “Oh! And, of course, use a condom.” But are we really educating... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 23, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
ACIP votes to scrap LAIV vaccine for 2016-2017 influenza season
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has voted to scrap the use of the live attenuated influenza vaccine for the 2016-2017 flu season.
ACIP’s... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 23, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
The balm of reassurance
A toddler has had several brief episodes of mild perioral cyanosis noticed at day care. The parents see the primary care provider. The exam is normal. The child is admitted for a work-up. The CBC and... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - June 23, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
