http://www.news-medical.net/Pediatrics news.asp Latest Pediatrics News From News-Medical.Net News-Medical.Net en editor@news-medical.net http://www.news-medical.net/newsfeeds/Pediatrics news.gif http://www.news-medical.net/Pediatrics news.asp 276 96 http://www.news-medical.net/?id=41207 Blood pressure in low-birth-weight children younger than 3 years of age not only can be measured but should be, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. Thu, 4 Sep 2008 23:28:00 EST http://www.news-medical.net/?id=41180 As many as 2% to 5% of children older than age five -- most of whom are obese -- are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and the condition seems to be most prevalent among Hispanic children, the AP/San Mateo Daily Journal reports. Thu, 4 Sep 2008 06:37:00 EST http://www.news-medical.net/?id=41139 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have demonstrated that a drug called ondansetron helps reduce vomiting, the need for intravenous fluids and hospital admissions in children with acute gastroenteritis. Wed, 3 Sep 2008 02:20:00 EST http://www.news-medical.net/?id=41120 Parents expect to pass on their eye or hair color, their knobby knees or their big feet to their children through their genes. But they don't expect to pass on viruses through those same genes. Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:33:00 EST http://www.news-medical.net/?id=41116 A study of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in children has identified a gene that influences whether children get these diseases early in life, and points to a potential new target for treatment. Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:15:00 EST http://www.news-medical.net/?id=41113 Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists in the U.S. have come up with new guidelines for dealing with earwax. Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:44:00 EST http://www.news-medical.net/?id=41084 With close monitoring and a few standard precautions, nearly all children with known or suspected vaccine allergies can be safely immunized, according to a team of vaccine safety experts led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Writing in the September issue of Pediatrics, the multicenter research team offers pediatricians a step-by-step tool for quickly identifying children with allergic reactions to vaccines, and a much-needed guide, they say, to safely immunize those who are allergic. Tue, 2 Sep 2008 01:43:00 EST http://www.news-medical.net/?id=41082 The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction. The guidelines emphasize evidence-based management of cerumen impaction by clinicians, and inform patients of the purpose of ear wax in hearing health. Mon, 1 Sep 2008 20:47:00 EST http://www.news-medical.net/?id=40991 "Getting shots may seem burdensome and even downright scary to some children, but they protect children against dangerous and deadly diseases." Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:00 EST http://www.news-medical.net/?id=40990 Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered in mice that the brain must create new nerve cells for either exercise or antidepressants to reduce depression-like behavior. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:39:00 EST