Toddlers' Screen Time Linked to Delayed Development
(MedPage Today) -- Young children who spent more time in front of screens -- whether television, video games, or mobile phones and other electronic devices -- had higher likelihood of developmental delays, according to a Japanese study.
In... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 21, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Surgery May Improve Dysphagia Outcomes in Kids With Sleep Apnea
(MedPage Today) -- Undergoing adenotonsillectomy may improve dysphagia outcomes in children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and tonsil hypertrophy compared with watchful waiting with supportive care (WWSC), a secondary analysis of the randomized... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Physically Assaulted Kids See Double the Risk of Mental Illness
(MedPage Today) -- Children exposed to physical assault were at higher risk of a mental illness diagnosis over subsequent years, with the greatest risk seen in the year after the assault, a large population-based study from Ontario, Canada found... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 16, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Use of E-Cigs Alone Linked to Respiratory Symptoms
(MedPage Today) -- Use of e-cigarettes may be inherently associated with respiratory issues regardless of traditional cigarette or cannabis exposure, a prospective study found.
Teenagers who reported using e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 16, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
What Are Clinician Groups Doing About Climate Change?
(MedPage Today) -- With climate change being such a big story in the news this past week, it was a good time to check in with Lisa Patel, MD, MESc, who became the new executive director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 13, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Abortion Bans May Lead to More Neonatal Cardiac Defects, Model Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- Under a complete national abortion ban, the incidence of neonatal single-ventricle cardiac defects would likely increase, as would the associated resource utilization, according to a decision analysis.
Using the predictions... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 7, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Buprenorphine Cost a Potential Barrier for Opioid-Addicted Youth, Adults
(MedPage Today) -- For young people with opioid use disorder (OUD), buprenorphine costs have declined overall but with drastic variation by payer type, researchers found.
Examining buprenorphine prescriptions dispensed for U.S. youth ages 12 to... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 7, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
CDC Advisors Back Therapeutic to Prevent RSV in Infants
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously -- 10 to 0 -- in favor of nirsevimab (Beyfortus) for protecting a wide swath of at-risk infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
At a... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 3, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Is There Even One Reliable Marker for Acute Suicidal Behavior?
(MedPage Today) -- In medicine, there are some serious conditions that announce their presence with acute authority. Take for example, migratory thrombophlebitis, epidural hematoma, and acute asthma with measurable predictive x-ray or blood biomarkers... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - July 31, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
USPSTF: No Thumbs Up for Screening All Kids for Speech Delay
(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded that there is not enough evidence to make a recommendation on primary care screening for speech and language problems in children 5 years and younger who do not show... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - July 25, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
New Drug Approved for Preventing RSV in Newborns, Tots
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved nirsevimab (Beyfortus) on Monday for preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related lower respiratory tract infections in infants and very young children.
Delivered as a single intramuscular injection... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - July 17, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Low-Dose Atropine Eye Drops Flop for Slowing Kids' Myopia
(MedPage Today) -- Treating U.S. children with an investigational low-dose (0.01%) formulation of atropine eye drops didn't delay worsening of nearsightedness, a randomized clinical trial found.
Over 24 months, kids using the once-nightly drops... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - July 13, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Retirement Projections Suggest Looming Pediatric Eye Doc Shortage
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly half of all U.S. states may be at risk of low access to pediatric ophthalmologists in the next 5 years due to retirement, a forecasting model suggested.
In a model where pediatric ophthalmologists started at age 35 and... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - July 10, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Two Noninvasive Ventilation Modes Win for Riskiest NICU Newborns
(MedPage Today) -- The known advantages of certain noninvasive respiratory support techniques prevailed for extremely preterm newborns following extubation and for those with more severe respiratory failure, subgroup analyses of the NASONE trial... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - July 7, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Young Cancer Survivors at Increased Lifetime Risk of Mental Health Disorders
(MedPage Today) -- Children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer (CAYAs) remained at increased risk for mental health disorders after the remission of their cancer, according to results from a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Compared... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - June 29, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
