Everybody Loves CHIP, So Why Isn't It Permanently Funded?
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- When Rep. Kim Schrier, MD (D-Wash.), a pediatrician, was asked at the Families USA virtual conference in January about the important healthcare provisions in the Build Back Better Act, there was one item she made... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 15, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Tufts Nurses Rally for Children's Access to Care as Closure Looms
(MedPage Today) -- As the shuttering of 41 pediatric inpatient beds at Tufts Children's Hospital in Boston draws near, nurses rallied on Tuesday over their concern that the closure will severely limit access to care.
Though the Tufts Medicine... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 8, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Day in the Life of a Doctor: Pediatric Rheumatology
(MedPage Today) -- Join medical resident Siobhan Deshauer, MD, as she meets Mona, a pediatric rheumatology patient.
(Following is a partial transcript. Note that errors are possible.)
Deshauer: Hey, guys! I'm Siobhan, a fifth year medical resident... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 7, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Nafcillin a Safe Option for Late-Onset Sepsis in Preemies
(MedPage Today) -- A change in treatment guidance to reduce the use of vancomycin in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for late-onset sepsis was safe, sustained, and resulted in similar mortality outcomes, a study of three Ohio NICUs found... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 5, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Study Provides 'Elusive' Link Between Kids' Health and Adult Heart Events
(MedPage Today) -- It's official: Weight, blood pressure, and other traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in early childhood do link to cardiac events and deaths in older age, longitudinal cohort data proved.
As interpolated from surrogate... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 5, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Living Near Fracking Sites Linked to Adverse Birth Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- Close proximity to fracking sites during pregnancy was associated with adverse health outcomes for mother and child alike, a study from Canada suggested.
In a cohort of 26,193 individuals with nearly 35,000 pregnancies, living... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 4, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Substance Use Disorder Symptoms Follow Teens Into Adulthood
(MedPage Today) -- Adolescents with substance use disorder (SUD) were more likely to have subsequent prescription drug use and symptoms of SUD in adulthood, revealed a longitudinal analysis that followed high school seniors to the age of 50.
Students... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
CDC Reports Warn of Teen 'Mental Health Crisis' During Pandemic
(MedPage Today) -- In a nationwide survey, high school students reported experiencing poor mental health and life disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC researchers said.
Among a nationally representative sample of high school students... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 31, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Kids' COVID Vax Mostly Holds Up Against Omicron Where It Counts
(MedPage Today) -- The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was less effective against the Omicron than Delta variant in children and adolescents, a multi-center study suggested.
During Omicron, vaccine effectiveness (VE) in those ages 12 to 18 years... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 30, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Intensive BP Treatment Misses for Cognitive, Motor Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- But benefit in white matter disease called ' important ' (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 20, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Elbow Injuries Up in Youth Baseball. Are Coaches to Blame?
(MedPage Today) -- Many admit " lack of desire " to count pitches as recommended (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 20, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Exercise Doesn't Need to Be Intense to Yield Benefit
(MedPage Today) -- Less heart disease in older women who move around but don ' t expend a lot of energy (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 19, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Anakinra as First-line Monotherapy Wins in sJIA (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Study reports " highly efficacious strategy to induce and sustain inactive disease and to prevent disease- and glucocorticoid-related damage " (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 14, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Are Young Adults Given to More Mental Distress?
(MedPage Today) -- Study suggests generational shift in mood disorders, suicide-related outcomes; digital media may play role (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 14, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
FDA Allows New Generic Valsartan
(MedPage Today) -- Approval comes in response to ARB shortage (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 12, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
