Latest American Academy of Pediatrics Stories
When children are facing a life-threatening illness, bringing in palliative medicine specialists can help both the child and family improve the child's quality of life, for however long he or she lives. Over the past decade, pediatric palliative care has emerged as a recognized medical specialty, including a subspecialty certification from the American Board of Medical Specialties and a certification from the Joint Commission for hospital palliative care programs. In a two-hour seminar...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study from researchers at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo., found that while pediatricians are consistent in taking weight-related history and creating treatment plans for overweight and obese children, more than half of these children (55%) do not receive follow-up instructions on their weight. The research was presented today at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in Boston....
While parents commonly use the Internet to learn about pediatric health problems, little is known about how often they seek out this information, and how they use it prior to seeking medical care. In the research abstract, "Internet Usage by Parents Prior to Seeking Care at a Pediatric Emergency Department," presented Friday, Oct. 14, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition (NCE) in Boston, researchers interviewed 262 parents or guardians who brought...
LAKE MARY, Fla., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PediaVision announced today that the company is working with pediatric offices throughout the United States to increase their efficiency and income through the introduction of Spot, a new, quick and mobile screening device that will help redefine the pediatric office of the future. Tenafly Pediatrics, a six-facility pediatrics center in New Jersey, is a model of the efficiencies and income generated through the incorporation of Spot into the...
More than one in ten parents use an “alternative” vaccination schedule for their young children, with many either delaying or skipping vaccinations altogether, putting their kids at serious risk, a new study has found. US government health officials say that, by age 6, children should have vaccinations against 14 diseases, in as many as two dozen separate doses. But researchers worry that more and more parents may be refusing to vaccinate their children, which raises the risk that...
American Academy of Pediatrics now says child passengers should stay in rear-facing seats until age 2; many parents facing their children forward too soon ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Pediatrics updated their guidelines for child passenger safety in April 2011, recommending children stay in rear-facing car seats until the age of two. But a new report from the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health shows that...
A new study, published by the journal Pediatrics today found that watching "fast-paced, fantastical" cartoon programming can be a detriment to the attention spans of 4-year-old children, however watching more realistic cartoons does not, MSNBC is reporting. At 4 months of age, US children are already acclimated to regular viewing of daily television, and they watch lots of it, Dr. Dimitri Christakis writes in a commentary accompanying the study. The American Academy of Pediatrics...
Analysis by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers of ten years of scientific studies has resulted in changes in American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for how initial urinary tract infection in infants and toddlers is diagnosed and treated. This change will affect thousands of children every year. The findings of the IU School of Medicine investigators argue against exposing all young children who are diagnosed with an initial urinary tract infection (UTI) to a painful...
Historical Event Headed For Historical City Moscow, Russia (PRWEB) July 21, 2011 Moscow has been chosen to host the 2nd Global Congress for Consensus in Pediatrics (CIP) & Child Health May 17-20, 2012. This meeting will be a continuation of this new framework of conferences in Pediatrics in which key issues and controversial topics in child health are openly discussed and new perspectives on consensus, agreements and knowledge are seek and met. This is a unique congress that brings...
If bed-sharing works for your family, researchers say, then feel free to do so without feeling as if you are stunting your child's development, according to a new Reuters Health report.New research should allay fears that infants sleeping with parents in bed may harm a toddler's intellectual or social development, although it is not recommended until after the child is at least one year of age, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) warns. The primary concern with small babies is sudden...
