Pediatrics News and Research

Latest Pediatrics News and Research

Low doses of estrogen, growth hormone can increase height in girls with Turner syndrome

Giving girls with Turner syndrome low doses of estrogen, as well as growth hormone, years before the onset of puberty, increases their height and offers a wealth of other benefits, say a team of researchers led by Thomas Jefferson University.

31 Mar 2011

FDA panel to decide regarding food dyes and hyperactivity

A Food and Drug Administration panel is opening a two-day meeting on the link between artificial food dyes and hyperactivity in children. These dyes are used to color the cereals and snacks for children.

30 Mar 2011

Eating disorders - hitting early and hard

Children as young as seven have been admitted to hospitals for eating disorders. A peak support group has reported a doubling of calls about children under the age of 12 in the past decade. Being hit so early with these disorders also means malnutrition leading to retarded growth, osteoporosis, infertility and changes in brain structure say experts.

30 Mar 2011

Facebook depression - a new diagnostic entity

A new study that appears in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, speaks of a “new phenomenon” known as “Facebook depression” in which children can become depressed when they compare such metrics as their number of “friends” and “status updates” to those of their peers.

30 Mar 2011

Target parents to tackle childhood obesity: Study

A new study has shown that educating parents on healthy eating could be more effective at reducing childhood obesity than physical activity. The study came from researchers from the universities of Newcastle and Wollongong who found that targeting parents rather than children is the key to combating childhood obesity. The study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

30 Mar 2011

New clinical practice guidelines developed for juvenile idiopathic arthritis

The American College of Rheumatology has developed new guidelines for starting and monitoring treatments for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. These are the first JIA guidelines endorsed by the ACR, with the goal of broad acceptance within the rheumatology community.

30 Mar 2011

Dr. Reddy’s acquires GSK's US penicillin facility and products

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories today announced the completion of the acquisition of GlaxoSmithKline's United States oral penicillin facility and product portfolio pursuant to the agreement signed and announced by the companies on Nov 23, 2010.

30 Mar 2011

Stanford pediatrics receives Genzyme/ACMG award for biochemical genetic research

Anna-Kaisa Niemi, MD, Ph.D., a resident in Medical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics at the Stanford University Medical Center, in Stanford Calif., was honored as the 2011-2012 recipient of the Genzyme/American College of Medical Genetics Foundation Clinical Genetics Fellowship in Biochemical Genetics at the ACMG 2011 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

30 Mar 2011

Australian researchers say the search must widen for genes that cause heart defects in babies

Australian scientists have discovered a new group of genes that could be responsible for causing heart defects in children, which affect more than 2000 babies born each year in Australia.

29 Mar 2011

State laws regarding baby blood samples analyzed

State laws and policies governing the storage and use of surplus blood samples taken from newborns as part of the routine health screening process range from explicit to non-existent, leaving many parents ill-informed about how their babies' left over blood might be used, according to a team led by a member of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Utah. A report on their analysis of the subject is published March 28 in the journal Pediatrics.

28 Mar 2011

Inflammatory bowel disease in children - Delays in diagnosis common

Once a medical rarity in children, inflammatory bowel disease today is increasingly common in kids, but many of them may not be diagnosed in a timely manner, according to experts from the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

28 Mar 2011

First open fetal surgery to treat lung malformations performed at Texas Children's Hospital

Experts from Texas Children's Fetal Center published a study that appears in volume 46, issue 2 of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery documenting the first successful cases of open fetal surgery to treat fetal lung malformations in the Southern U.S.

28 Mar 2011

RDY introduces Levocetirizine tablets in the U.S. market

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has launched Levocetirizine tablets, a bioequivalent generic version of Xyzal tablets in the US market. The United States Food & Drug Administration approved Dr. Reddy's ANDA for Levocetirizine tablets on February 24, 2011.

28 Mar 2011

Research: Written action plan with prescriptions can improve asthma control in children

It sounds unbelievably simple but it's true - a written action plan for asthma treatment, attached to the drug prescription, improves asthma control in children. "Acute care visits for asthma often signal a management failure," said Dr. Francine Ducharme, of the University of Montreal's Department of Pediatrics and the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre.

28 Mar 2011

Study finds only 1 in 10 children with asthma use traditional inhalers correctly

Fewer than one in 10 children with asthma use traditional inhalers correctly, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

28 Mar 2011

Decline of obesity in pre-school kids: Study

According to a new study from the Deakin University, obesity in Victorian pre-school children has dropped. Results have shown that rates of obese and overweight toddlers fell by more than 3 per cent for three-and-a-half year olds, down from 18.5 per cent to 15.4 per cent. For two-year-olds rates have dropped 1 per cent to 12.4 per cent.

27 Mar 2011

New Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has established a Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, led by Dr. Heakyung Kim. In this role, Dr. Kim will provide specialized care for children with neuromuscular disorders and other special needs at the Hospital's two major centers for pediatric care: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and the Komansky Center for Children's Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

25 Mar 2011

Electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones may affect bone strength

Electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones may adversely affect bone strength, suggests a study in the March Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

25 Mar 2011

Medical experts: Nation needs to offer more confidential care for sexually active teens

After reviewing existing research regarding the common practices of health care providers who see adolescent patients across the country, Rebecca Allen, MD, MPH, a clinician and researcher at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, and her colleague, Michelle Forcier, MD, MPH, an adolescent medicine specialist at Hasbro Children's Hospital, asserted that the nation needs to offer more confidential care for teenagers who are sexually active.

25 Mar 2011

Mercury in fish may not increase heart disease risk: Study

According to a new study Americans' level of exposure to mercury from sources such as fish is not associated with a higher risk of heart disease, stroke or other cardiovascular disease. This is in spite of the repeated proofs of neurological deficits in children and unborn babies due to mercury exposure.

24 Mar 2011

Pediatrics News and Research

Latest Pediatrics News and Research

Low doses of estrogen, growth hormone can increase height in girls with Turner syndrome

FDA panel to decide regarding food dyes and hyperactivity

Eating disorders - hitting early and hard

Facebook depression - a new diagnostic entity

Target parents to tackle childhood obesity: Study

New clinical practice guidelines developed for juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Dr. Reddy’s acquires GSK's US penicillin facility and products

Stanford pediatrics receives Genzyme/ACMG award for biochemical genetic research

Australian researchers say the search must widen for genes that cause heart defects in babies

State laws regarding baby blood samples analyzed

Inflammatory bowel disease in children - Delays in diagnosis common

First open fetal surgery to treat lung malformations performed at Texas Children's Hospital

RDY introduces Levocetirizine tablets in the U.S. market

Research: Written action plan with prescriptions can improve asthma control in children

Study finds only 1 in 10 children with asthma use traditional inhalers correctly

Decline of obesity in pre-school kids: Study

New Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones may affect bone strength

Medical experts: Nation needs to offer more confidential care for sexually active teens

Mercury in fish may not increase heart disease risk: Study

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