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
Peanut-Allergic Kids With Other Food Allergies, Eczema See Responses With EPIT
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT) administered through an investigational skin patch over 12 months led to more responses -- with favorable safety -- compared with placebo in peanut-allergic toddlers with... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - February 28, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Intranasal Corticosteroid Efficacy Affirmed in Pediatric Chronic Rhinosinusitis
(MedPage Today) -- Intranasal corticosteroids (INCs) improved quality of life for children suffering from chronic rhinosinusitis, the RAISE randomized trial showed.
Sinus and Nasal Quality of Life Survey (SN-5) scores improved significantly more... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - February 27, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Maternal Infection May Play Role in Child's Leukemia
(MedPage Today) -- Maternal genitourinary tract infections during pregnancy were linked to the development of leukemia in offspring, a Danish nationwide study found.
Children born to a mother who experienced any kind of infection during pregnancy... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - February 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Text Message Reminders About Kids' Flu Vaccines Prove Successful
(MedPage Today) -- An additional text message reminder to parents of children with special-risk medical conditions led to an increase in influenza vaccine uptake compared with reminders from clinicians alone, a randomized trial from Australia showed... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - February 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Atropine Eyedrops Reduce Nearsightedness Incidence in Kids
(MedPage Today) -- Nightly use of 0.05% atropine eyedrops in kids led to a significantly lower incidence of myopia at 2 years, and a lower percentage with fast myopic shift, a randomized trial from Hong Kong showed.
Among children ages 4 to 9... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - February 15, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Atropine Eyedrops Reduce Incidence of Nearsightedness Out to 2 Years
(MedPage Today) -- Nightly use of 0.05% atropine eyedrops in kids led to a significantly lower incidence of myopia at 2 years, and a lower percentage with fast myopic shift, a randomized trial from Hong Kong showed.
Among children ages 4 to 9... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - February 14, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Lower Blood Pressure Better in Pregnancy With Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- Pregnant women diagnosed with chronic hypertension and diabetes appeared to avoid poorer outcomes if they maintained a blood pressure below some current guidelines, a researcher reported.
In a secondary analysis of the CHAP... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - February 13, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
FDA Rolls Out Proposed Limits on Lead in Processed Baby Foods
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Tuesday unveiled recommended limits on lead levels in processed baby foods including fruits and vegetables, dry cereals, and yogurts, among others, with the potential for adverse neurodevelopmental effects cited as... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - January 25, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Resisting the Urge to Hoard Children's Tylenol
(MedPage Today) -- Let's call this one "Doc Dad Diaries."
Sometime in December, my baby girl Sarah started waking up and crying around midnight. Until then, she had been a champion sleeper, sleeping through the night with ease far earlier in her... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - January 24, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Pediatric Respiratory Failure No Better Off With Early High-Flow Oxygen
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Starting high-flow oxygen right away for young children with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure didn't help them leave the hospital sooner than standard oxygen therapy, the PARIS-2 trial showed.
In fact... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - January 24, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
DOJ Investigates Formula Maker; Theranos' Holmes a Flight Risk? TikTok Miscarriage
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The Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation of Abbott Laboratories, the company responsible for the nation's continuing infant formula shortage. (Politico)
Biosecurity... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - January 23, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Managing Hypertension Remotely; Hormone Therapy and Trans Youth
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - January 21, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Bedside Prognostic Tool Identifies Infants at Risk for Cerebral Palsy
(MedPage Today) -- A new prognostic model for identification of term-born neonates at increased risk for cerebral palsy (CP) may have brought better outcomes through early intervention one step closer.
The model, based on 12 clinical variables... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - January 17, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Are Pediatricians Too Nice?
(MedPage Today) -- One summer a few years ago, I went to pick my son up from camp. He was attending a specialty day camp where the kids spent a week with an expert in some area of interest. The camp offered everything from basketball, soccer, and... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - January 14, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
