Can Skin Care Aid Use of Diabetes Devices? Can Skin Care Aid Use of Diabetes Devices?
A simple skin management program can help kids keep using critical diabetes treatment devices, researchers reported.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - March 1, 2023 Category: Dermatology Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Reclaiming the Health Misinformation Spiral on Social Media
(MedPage Today) -- As medical students and future pediatricians, we recognize that childhood vaccines are one of the single greatest public health achievements of the 20th and 21st centuries. Yet, for one of us, a pregnant cousin announced over... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Lilly Cuts Insulin Price by 70%, Caps Out-of-Pocket Cost Lilly Cuts Insulin Price by 70%, Caps Out-of-Pocket Cost
As of May 1, nonbranded insulins will cost $25 a vial, and Lilly says it will immediately cap out-of-pocket costs at $35 per month. Advocate says the company is bowing to pressure from the diabetes community.News Alerts (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - March 1, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Alert Source Type: news
Glaucoma-Related Adverse Events Common After Pediatric Lensectomy
WEDNESDAY, March 1, 2023 -- Glaucoma-related adverse events are common among children in the five years after undergoing lensectomy, according to a study published online Feb. 16 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Erick D. Bothun, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How I Support My Child in the Face of Utah ’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Health Care
E, my 9-year-old child, who I lovingly call Bug, is at the kitchen counter slurping spoonfuls of cereal and milk into his mouth on the cold, snowy morning of Jan. 29, 2023. I hand him a napkin from the other side of the counter to wipe the milk from his chin, take a sip of my coffee, and pick up my phone to scroll for a moment.
He asks me what I’m looking at.
I hover my finger over a pink, blue, and white flag in a small square and a caption below informing me that Utah has just passed the first law restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth. I debate being honest with him, but before I can respond, he a...
Source: TIME: Health - March 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rebecca Brenner Tags: Uncategorized freelance LGBTQ Source Type: news
Sex-specific differences in resting-state functional brain activity in pediatric concussion - Sharma B, Nowikow C, DeMatteo C, Noseworthy MD, Timmons BW.
Pediatric concussion has a rising incidence and can lead to long-term symptoms in nearly 30% of children. Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) disturbances are a common pathological feature of pediatric concussion, though no studie... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Epidemiology of burns in pediatric and adolescent patients of Fars Province between 2017 and 2018 - Yadollahi M, Fazeli P, Naqi MA, Karajizadeh M, Parsaiyan S.
This study aims to review the epidemiology of burns in pediatrics and adolescents in Fars pro... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Active bleeding control - can pediatricians stem the tide of lives lost from trauma through 'Stop the Bleed' training? - Ramachandra G, Nadkarni VM.
Trauma is a global challenge and India has one of the highest trauma deaths in the world. Despite United Nations target to halve the global number of deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by 2030, death tolls from Road Traffic Injuries (RTI) rising... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
How to Keep Patients Safe During an Adderall Shortage
(MedPage Today) -- The ongoing, prolonged prescription stimulant shortage in the U.S. is cause for alarm. In 2016, approximately 16 million patients were prescribed stimulants -- an increase of 250% over the preceding decade. Since the onset... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - February 28, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
NIH Funded Pediatric Labeling Changes for drugs studied under the 409i process
Section 409i of BPCA requires NIH and FDA to prioritize therapeutic areas in critical need of pediatric research. NICHD then facilitates clinical trials and data are submitted to FDA who determines if labeling changes are appropriate. This site lists such approved labeling changes. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - February 28, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Institute of Health Visiting welcomes new Government weaning campaign
The Institute of Health Visiting has welcomed the launch of a Government campaign to support parents in introducing their babies to solid food. Promoting advice from the NHS on weaning, the campaign highlights the ‘clear signs’ that a baby is ready for solid food, such as the ability to stay in a sitting position and... Read moreThe post Institute of Health Visiting welcomes new Government weaning campaign appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - February 28, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Paediatrics Baby Care health visiitng Nutrition weaning Source Type: news
Too Many Screenings, Too Little Time, Not Enough Payment Too Many Screenings, Too Little Time, Not Enough Payment
The AAP ' s list of screenings includes approximately 30 screenings in all. Seven screenings are mental and behavioral health assessments that would require, if needed, other expertise to address.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Nonoffending caregiver support after child sexual abuse: essentials for the forensic nurse - Hornor G.
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a pediatric health problem of epidemic proportions. CSA can result in significant lifelong physical and mental health consequences. A disclosure of CSA affects not only the child but also everyone close to the child. Nonoffendin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Pediatric trauma in the Netherlands: incidence, mechanism of injury and in-hospital mortality - Fylli C, Schipper IB, Krijnen P.
This study aims to describe th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Physician self-identified race and opioid prescription practices in upper extremity injuries in the pediatric emergency department - Langham J, Holmes S, Figueroa J, Iyer S, Lazarus S, Gillespie S, Sulton C.
BACKGROUND: Minority children have been shown to receive fewer opioid analgesics for acute pain. OBJECTIVE: Assess if both White and non-White physicians prescribe fewer opioids to non-White children presenting to the pediatric emergency department... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
