Pediatrics News and Research

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New study finds link between maternal and infant sleep patterns

New mothers can expect sleep deprivation in the first few years of baby's life. But too little sleep can take a toll on the health of both mother and child.

21 Jul 2023

$200 million gift guarantees tuition-free medical education at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine

A transformative $200 million gift to NYU Long Island School of Medicine will ensure generations of medical students continue to receive a tuition-free, top-quality education focused on primary care.

21 Jul 2023

Study shows how behavioral economics can help cancer patients quit smoking

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that cancer patients who continued to smoke after their diagnosis were significantly more likely to receive treatment for tobacco use when "nudges" to provide tobacco treatment were directed at clinicians through the electronic health record.

19 Jul 2023

EAE Hub model reduces barriers to early autism diagnosis

A new study led by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers shows primary care clinicians who receive specialized training can make accurate autism diagnoses for over 80 percent of young children referred with developmental delays, providing compelling evidence that community-based models of autism evaluation are a potential solution for improving access to this needed service.

18 Jul 2023

Study finds link between DHX9 gene mutations and neurodevelopmental disorders

A group of 20 patients with undiagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders ranging from severe to mild has now received a genetic diagnosis thanks to an international team of researchers at the GREGoR Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the German Mouse Clinic and collaborating institutions.

18 Jul 2023

Rice bioengineers receive NIH grant for sickle cell disease research

Rice University bioengineer Gang Bao and his team have won a 4-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to address critical questions surrounding the safety and efficacy of using gene editing to treat sickle cell disease.

18 Jul 2023

Breast milk antibodies vary widely among mothers

Breast milk from each individual contains a unique assemblage of antibodies that are surprisingly stable throughout lactation and across pregnancies, according to a new Journal of Experimental Medicine study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

18 Jul 2023

Merck awards 2023 Future Insight Prize for research into air sensor to detect pandemic pathogens

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, awarded its 2023 Future Insight Prize to Khalid Salaita, professor of chemistry at Emory University. The award comes with $540,000 to fund the next phase of research into an air sensor that can continuously monitor indoor spaces for pathogens that can cause pandemics.

17 Jul 2023

Concussions do not affect IQ in children, study finds

The angst parents feel when their children sustain injuries is surely one of the universal conditions of parenthood. That anxiety is heightened greatly when those injuries involve concussions.

17 Jul 2023

Social media platforms can educate and guide US youth of color on healthy weight management

A new study found that social media platforms, particularly TikTok and Instagram, are ideal spaces to educate and guide US youth of color on healthy weight management and ultimately reduce racial inequities in obesity.

13 Jul 2023

Multidisciplinary quality improvement project reduces infant hypothermia rates

The percentage of infants from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) experiencing hypothermia upon operating room (OR) arrival and at any point during the operation decreased from 48.7% to 6.4% and 67.5% to 37.4%, respectively, after implementation of a multidisciplinary quality improvement project at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

13 Jul 2023

Got milk in school? Farmers fight health advocates over the creamy ‘whole’ variety

Amanda Condo works at her family's Pennsylvania dairy farm, but her son often won't drink milk at school. He doesn't like the flavor.

13 Jul 2023

Indiana Medical Scientist Training Program receives $4.6M grant

The Indiana Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) has received $4.6 million in renewed grant funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to sustain and expand its efforts throughout the next five years.

12 Jul 2023

How the brain keeps blood sugar levels in check

The body's blood glucose level needs to be maintained in a relatively narrow range. It cannot be too high, as it can lead to diabetes, and it cannot be too low because it can cause fainting or even death.

11 Jul 2023

Whole genome sequencing shows promise for early diagnosis of genetic disorders in newborns, infants

A new national study, led by researchers at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, has found whole genome sequencing (WGS) to be nearly twice as effective as a targeted gene sequencing test at identifying abnormalities responsible for genetic disorders in newborns and infants.

11 Jul 2023

Natural language processing used to extract social determinants of health

Information on the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes, known as social determinants of health, is often collected at medical appointments.

11 Jul 2023

Using misinformation and hate to harm the most vulnerable members of society

In an Editor's Statement in the peer-reviewed journal Transgender Health on the importance of access to gender affirming care for our nation's youth, Journal Editor-in-Chief Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH, states "LGBTQ youth need love, support, and acceptance, not misinformation and hate thinly veiled as compassion."

10 Jul 2023

Montana adds protections for kids in private residential treatment programs

As a teenager attending Chrysalis Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls, a private, alternative therapeutic program in Eureka, Montana, from 2001 to 2004, Meg Applegate was subjected to emotional abuse and not given medical care for injuries from physical labor such as baling hay, chopping wood, and moving rocks, she said.

6 Jul 2023

Rising incidence of kiwifruit allergy in children: study highlights severe allergic reactions

Study aimed to compile Kiwifruit allergy recognition patterns to enhance patient management and clinical practice.

6 Jul 2023

New therapy to mitigate fragile X syndrome may be on the horizon

An antisense therapy developed by Joel D. Richter, PhD, Sneha Shah, PhD, and Jonathan K. Watts, PhD, at UMass Chan Medical School and Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD, at RUSH University Medical Center, restores production of the protein FMRP in cell samples taken from patients with fragile X syndrome.

5 Jul 2023