ADHD Treatment: Many Kids May Be Falling Through the Cracks
(MedPage Today) -- Many kids with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may not be getting the treatment they need, a cross-sectional study suggested.
Of 1,206 children with parent-reported ADHD, only 26.2% ever received any form of... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 28, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Sketchy Benefits With Corticosteroids Persist in Children's Heart Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- For children undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), perioperative corticosteroids have not reduced mortality and, at best, may shorten hospital stays, according to the bulk of the randomized data.
A meta... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 28, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
FDA Extends Trikafta Approval to Even Younger Cystic Fibrosis Patients
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA expanded the indication for elexacaftor, tezacaftor, and ivacaftor (Trikafta) in cystic fibrosis to include even younger children, maker Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced.
The three-drug combination's expanded label now... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 28, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Fuzzy Future for Red Light Therapy in Myopia Prevention, Despite Positive Trial
(MedPage Today) -- Repeated low-level red light (RLRL) may be a successful preventive treatment to stave off nearsightedness in children, but questions about safety and potential implementation remain.
In a randomized trial of schoolchildren with... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 27, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
'Step-Down' Approach to Baby Formula Shows Benefit for Milk Allergy
(MedPage Today) -- Switching infants with IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy (CMA) from an amino acid-based baby formula to an extensively hydrolyzed casein (EHCF) product supplemented with a probiotic was feasible and led to higher rates of immune... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 26, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Phony Doc Accused in California; Neurosurgeon Shot Dead; Barbie With Down Syndrome
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A California man posing as a doctor allegedly treated thousands of patients, including some who had cancer. (NBC News)
In other news from the Golden State, disability rights groups... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 26, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Can Trained Dogs Make COVID Screening More Efficient?
(MedPage Today) -- In an unusual scene, school children lined up standing 6 feet apart and facing away from a couple yellow labs led by handlers. One by one, the dogs sniffed each student's ankles and feet. Sometimes, the dogs would sit down before... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 24, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Surviving a Manipulative CEO
(MedPage Today) -- The last time I met with "The King," I wasn't planning on meeting with him alone. I never would. It was July 2019, and my family was flying to Europe the next day.
"The King" is the former hospital president/CEO, hired by the... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 22, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
E-Cigs in Early Adolescence Tied to Heavier Smoking Later On
(MedPage Today) -- Use of electronic cigarettes during early adolescence appeared to increase the odds of any smoking and more frequent tobacco cigarette use in later adolescence, according to longitudinal data from two large-scale cohorts in the... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 19, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Polypharmacy Isn't the Answer for Childhood Mental Health
(MedPage Today) -- Mental healthcare providers are battling an ever-growing psychiatric crisis in pediatric care. This comes amidst an unprecedented youth mental health epidemic that has left millions of teens and young adults both over-medicated... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 15, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Genomics Can Help Diagnose Rare Pediatric Diseases
(MedPage Today) -- Genomic analysis can lead to a diagnosis in a substantial proportion of children with rare, undiagnosed diseases, according to results from the Deciphering Developmental Disorders study.
Of 13,449 kids included in the multicenter... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 13, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Gun Deaths Among Kids Have Surged: Report
(MedPage Today) -- The number of U.S. children and teens killed by gunfire jumped by 50% in 2 years, researchers reported.
Gun deaths among individuals under age 18 rose from 1,732 in 2019 to 2,590 in 2021, according to an analysis of CDC data... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 12, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Vaccine Mandates Are Not Enough to Solve Our Infectious Disease Problem
(MedPage Today) -- In the early 2000s, America achieved a public health milestone that once seemed impossible -- the elimination of the measles virus. This victory followed the remarkable breakthrough of eliminating the nightmare of polio in... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 11, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Less Life Support Use After Early Prostacyclin for Diaphragmatic Hernia
(MedPage Today) -- For newborns with pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), early prostacyclin was associated with reduced need for extracorporeal life support (ECLS), researchers found based on a registry... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 10, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Leading Causes of Death Hit Childhood Cancer Survivors Earlier
(MedPage Today) -- Survivors of childhood cancer had a fourfold higher risk of mortality decades after their diagnosis, typically from the same leading causes of death afflicting the general U.S. population, a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 6, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
