Pediatrics News and Research

Latest Pediatrics News and Research

Research roundup: Questioning money-saving value of kids' preventive dentistry, weight loss

Although early preventive dental visits are widely recommended for children, it is unclear whether they reduce future dental visits or costs.

1 Jun 2013

African-American, Latino children increase consumption of 100% fruit juice, study finds

While there has been a steep decline in kids' consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in California, African-American and Latino children may be replacing soda with 100 percent fruit juice while their white peers are not, according to a new study from UC San Francisco.

31 May 2013

Study finds rise in accidental marijuana ingestion by children in Colo.

The report in JAMA Pediatrics looked at children who accidentally ate marijuana and needed emergency treatment.

30 May 2013

New hope for children with multi-system LCH

A new international study finds that prolonged, intense initial treatment in children with multi-system Langerhans cell histiocytosis can achieve survival rates as high as 84 percent-a full 15 percent improvement over the previous clinical trial in this series.

30 May 2013

Restoring blood vessels may help cure type 1 diabetes, finds University of Missouri scientist

Millions of people with type 1 diabetes depend on daily insulin injections to survive. They would die without the shots because their immune system attacks the very insulin-producing cells it was designed to protect. Now, a University of Missouri scientist has discovered that this attack causes more damage than scientists realized.

30 May 2013

Adult stem cells combined with new drug could hold key to curing type 1 diabetes

29 May 2013

PCORI approves research award to study use of videoconferencing technology for pediatric care

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has approved a $1.6 million research award to the Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA to study the use of videoconferencing technology to deliver behavioral health services to pediatric patients in community primary care settings.

29 May 2013

Researchers to examine effectiveness of antibiotic therapy to treat appendicitis in children

In the first study of its kind in the United States, researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital will examine the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy alone to treat appendicitis in children, research that could allow patients to avoid a surgery many may not need.

29 May 2013

LA BioMed researchers recognized for training next generation of physicians

Carol Berkowitz, MD, and Mallory D. Witt, MD, lead researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, received the Serge & Yvette Dadone Clinical Teaching Award in Honor of Saleh Salehmoghaddam, M.D., a peer-reviewed recognition of their "outstanding dedication, innovation, and sustained excellence in clinical and classroom teaching," according to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, which presented the awards.

29 May 2013

Majority of children with spastic cerebral palsy experience long-term benefits of SDR

Selective dorsal rhizotomy is a surgical procedure used to treat spasticity in some children with spastic cerebral palsy. This procedure appears to be effective, but for how long? Researchers from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, set out to find the answer to this question by studying data from the McGill University Rhizotomy Database on 102 pediatric patients with long-term follow-up.

29 May 2013

Constraints on advertising for alcohol products in movies are not effective

Researchers at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center have found that current constraints on advertising for alcohol products in movies that adolescents watch are not effective.

28 May 2013

Report finds increase in unintentional marijuana ingestions among young children

Following modification of drug enforcement laws for possession of marijuana in Colorado, there was an apparent increase in unintentional marijuana ingestions by young children, according to a report and accompanying editorials published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.

28 May 2013

Unintentional ingestions of marijuana-laced foods by children have increased significantly

A new study shows the relaxation of marijuana laws in Colorado has caused a significant spike in the number of young children treated for accidentally eating marijuana-laced cookies, candies, brownies and beverages.

28 May 2013

Preventive dental visits for kids linked to more expensive restorative procedures

It may seem logical that taking children to the dentist for regular preventive check-ups will lead to fewer pricy restorative procedures like filling a cavity. But new findings from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) published online in Pediatrics show the opposite.

28 May 2013

Children who miss well-child visits have twice the risk of hospitalization

Young children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the risk of hospitalization compared to children who attended most of their visits, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Managed Care. The study included more than 20,000 children enrolled at Group Health Cooperative.

27 May 2013

New therapeutic targets for infantile myofibromatosis

Two mutations central to the development of infantile myofibromatosis -a disorder characterized by multiple tumors involving the skin, bone, and soft tissue-may provide new therapeutic targets, according to researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

26 May 2013

Research report examines trends in pediatric organ donation and transplantation

Changes in the circumstances of when organs are donated to pediatric patients has resulted in a decreased number of organ transplant wait-list deaths over the past decade, according to research published online this week in the journal Pediatrics.

24 May 2013

Leapfrog Group honors John Muir Health's medical centers with "A" for patient safety

The Leapfrog Group, an independent coalition of public and private purchasers of employee health benefits, has honored John Muir Health's Concord and Walnut Creek medical centers with an "A" Hospital Safety Score for the second year in a row.

24 May 2013

Common type of childhood asthma is not related to allergens and inflammation

Little is known about why asthma develops, how it constricts the airway or why response to treatments varies between patients. Now, a team of researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College, Columbia University Medical Center and SUNY Downstate Medical Center has revealed the roots of a common type of childhood asthma, showing that it is very different from other asthma cases.

24 May 2013

Researchers reveal roots of a common type of childhood asthma

24 May 2013

Pediatrics News and Research

Latest Pediatrics News and Research

Research roundup: Questioning money-saving value of kids' preventive dentistry, weight loss

African-American, Latino children increase consumption of 100% fruit juice, study finds

Study finds rise in accidental marijuana ingestion by children in Colo.

New hope for children with multi-system LCH

Restoring blood vessels may help cure type 1 diabetes, finds University of Missouri scientist

Adult stem cells combined with new drug could hold key to curing type 1 diabetes

PCORI approves research award to study use of videoconferencing technology for pediatric care

Researchers to examine effectiveness of antibiotic therapy to treat appendicitis in children

LA BioMed researchers recognized for training next generation of physicians

Majority of children with spastic cerebral palsy experience long-term benefits of SDR

Constraints on advertising for alcohol products in movies are not effective

Report finds increase in unintentional marijuana ingestions among young children

Unintentional ingestions of marijuana-laced foods by children have increased significantly

Preventive dental visits for kids linked to more expensive restorative procedures

Children who miss well-child visits have twice the risk of hospitalization

New therapeutic targets for infantile myofibromatosis

Research report examines trends in pediatric organ donation and transplantation

Leapfrog Group honors John Muir Health's medical centers with "A" for patient safety

Common type of childhood asthma is not related to allergens and inflammation

Researchers reveal roots of a common type of childhood asthma

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Pediatrics News and Research

Latest Pediatrics News and Research

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

Advancing benzodiazepine detection

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Leveraging the Radian ASAP in standard casework

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