Pediatrics (all articles)
Research: Maternal Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins and Risk of Autism in Offspring
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:34h | UTCCommentaries: Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Lower Autism Risk – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Folic Acid, Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Cut ASD Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Are Vitamin Supplements Used Before or During Pregnancy Associated with Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder? – The JAMA Network (free)
Research: Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs In Utero
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:32h | UTCAssociation of Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy With the Risk of Autistic Traits in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs In Utero – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lack of Folic Acid Supplements During Pregnancy Linked With Increased Autism Risk in Children Exposed to Seizure Drugs In Utero – Medical Research (free) AND Folic Acid in Pregnant Women on Antiepileptic Drugs Linked to Lower Autism Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Folic Acid May Limit Autism Traits in Children of Epileptic Women – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Folic acid lessens autism risk for fetal anti-epileptic exposure – MedicalXpress (free)
Review: Acute Chest Syndrome in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:05h | UTC
Research: Aspirin Dose in Kawasaki Disease
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:29h | UTCAspirin dose in Kawasaki disease – the ongoing battle – Arthritis Care & Research (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: High-Dose Aspirin Preferred for Kawasaki’s – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Research: Pediatric Sports- and Recreation-Related Eye Injuries
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:23h | UTCCommentaries: Air gun eye injuries rise 169% among kids, study finds – CNN (free) AND Nonpowder gun-related pediatric eye injuries on the rise – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND More kids getting eye injuries from paintball and pellet guns – Reuters (free)
FDA: No Codein for Kids
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:53h | UTCFDA News Release: FDA acts to protect kids from serious risks of opioid ingredients contained in some prescription cough and cold products by revising labeling to limit pediatric use (free)
Commentaries: FDA strengthens warning on opioid cold medicine – CNN (free) AND FDA: Children should not take cough medicine with codeine – AAP News (free) AND FDA Updates Labeling for Opioid-Containing Medications to Limit Use in Children – Pharmacy Times (free) AND No Opioid Cough Meds in Children Under 18, FDA Says – Medscape (free registration required)
Meta-Analysis: Lactobacillus reuteri to Treat Infant Colic
13 Jan, 2018 | 18:59h | UTCLactobacillus reuteri to Treat Infant Colic: A Meta-analysis – Pediatrics (free)
Invited commentary: Is It Time To Recommend Lactobacillus for Colic? Not Necessarily (free)
Systematic Review: mHealth Interventions for Maternal and Child Health
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:44h | UTC
Position Statement on Informal Breast Milk Sharing for the Term Healthy Infant
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:40h | UTCNews release: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Issues Guidance on Informal Milk Sharing for Healthy Term infants (free)
Meta-Analysis: What Proportion of People Who Try One Cigarette Become Daily Smokers?
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:39h | UTCWhat Proportion of People Who Try One Cigarette Become Daily Smokers? A Meta-Analysis of Representative Surveys – Nicotine & Tobacco Research (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: One cigarette ‘may lead to habit for more than two-thirds of people’ – The Guardian (free) AND Most people who try one cigarette become daily smokers, study says – BBC (free) AND At least 3 out of 5 people who try a cigarette become daily smokers – Queen Mary University of London, via ScienceDaily (free)
Recommendation Statement: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:23h | UTCEditorials: Evolving Recommendations for Scoliosis Screening: A Compelling Need for Further Research (free) AND Early Detection of Scoliosis—What the USPSTF “I” Means for Us (free)
Author interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (free)
Commentaries: Not Enough Evidence on Benefits, Harms of Routine Scoliosis Screening for Children and Adolescents – The JAMA Network (free) AND U.S. doctors not certain all kids need scoliosis screening – Reuters (free)
Research: Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism in Offspring
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:34h | UTCCommentaries: Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Lower Autism Risk – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Folic Acid, Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Cut ASD Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Are Vitamin Supplements Used Before or During Pregnancy Associated with Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder? – The JAMA Network (free)
Research: Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs in Utero
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:32h | UTCAssociation of Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy With the Risk of Autistic Traits in Children Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs In Utero – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Lack of Folic Acid Supplements During Pregnancy Linked With Increased Autism Risk in Children Exposed to Seizure Drugs In Utero – Medical Research (free) AND Folic Acid in Pregnant Women on Antiepileptic Drugs Linked to Lower Autism Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Folic Acid May Limit Autism Traits in Children of Epileptic Women – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Folic acid lessens autism risk for fetal anti-epileptic exposure – MedicalXpress (free)
Guideline: Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:16h | UTCAdolescent and Young Adult Oncology, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)
Guideline: Fertility Preservation for Medical Reasons in Girls and Women
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:11h | UTC
Review: Childhood Obesity and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:04h | UTC
Research: Association of Noncigarette Tobacco Product Use With Future Cigarette Smoking Among Youth
8 Jan, 2018 | 00:41h | UTCCommentaries: Youth Use of Cigarette Alternatives May Raise Risk of Trying the Real Thing – TCTMD (free) AND Noncigarette tobacco product use is associated with future cigarette smoking – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Electronic Cigarette Use and Smoking Among Adolescents – The ASCO Post (free)
Delayed Antibiotic Prescribing’ for Respiratory Infections may Reduce Antibiotic Use
4 Jan, 2018 | 17:25h | UTCA strategy of ‘delayed antibiotic prescribing’ for respiratory infections may reduce antibiotic use – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Delayed antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infections – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary: Delayed antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections – Cochrane Library (free)
Systematic Review: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Weight Gain in Children and Adults
4 Jan, 2018 | 17:11h | UTCCommentary: New review confirms link between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and overweight, obesity – The Medical News (free) AND Review confirms link between sugary drinks and obesity – Medical News Today (free)
Research: Effect of Hydrolyzed Infant Formula vs Conventional Formula on Risk of Type 1 Diabetes
4 Jan, 2018 | 16:57h | UTCEffect of Hydrolyzed Infant Formula vs Conventional Formula on Risk of Type 1 Diabetes: The TRIGR Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Weaning To Hydrolyzed Infant Formula Did Not Reduce Risk of Type 1 Diabetes – MedicalResearch (free) AND Study Finds No Link Between Baby Formula Made From Cow’s Milk And Diabetes Risk – NPR (free) AND Avoiding Cow’s Milk Doesn’t Cut Type 1 Diabetes Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Modifying Baby Formula Doesn’t Prevent Type 1 Diabetes in Children – University of Pittsburg (free)
Research: Endoscopic Treatment versus Shunting for Infant Hydrocephalus
3 Jan, 2018 | 14:24h | UTCCommentaries: Two surgical approaches equal in treating infection-caused hydrocephalus – PennState Health News (free) AND Surgery For Saving Babies From ‘Water On The Brain’ Developed in Uganda – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
Research: Exposure to Fine Particulate Pollution and Preterm Birth
3 Jan, 2018 | 14:28h | UTCCommentary: Exposure to fine particulate pollution linked to increase in early births: study – The Sidney Morning Herald (free)
Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter
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Research: Broad- vs Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics in Children With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections
3 Jan, 2018 | 13:28h | UTCAssociation of Broad- vs Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics With Treatment Failure, Adverse Events, and Quality of Life in Children With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study: For kids with respiratory infections, broader isn’t better – CIDRAP (free) AND Treatment Failure, or is Treatment the Failure? – Emergency Medicine Literature of Note Blog (free)
Scientific Statement: Childhood and Adolescent Adversity and Cardiometabolic Outcomes
3 Jan, 2018 | 13:26h | UTCNews release: Abuse and adversity in childhood linked to more cardiovascular risk in adulthood (free)
Commentaries: Distressing experiences as a kid impact cardiovascular health later in life – AHA News (free) AND Adversity In Childhood and Adolescence Sets Stage for Cardiometabolic Outcomes – AHA Centers for Health Metrics and Evaluation (free)
Research: Suicide Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Adolescents
3 Jan, 2018 | 13:22h | UTCSuicide Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Adolescents in the United States, 2015 – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: LGBQ teens face serious suicide risk, research finds – CNN (free) AND LGBQ Adolescents at Much Greater Risk of Suicide than Heterosexual Counterparts – MyScience (free) AND Suicide Risk Rife in Sexual Minority Teens – Medscape (free registration required) AND Sexual minority young people are at a higher risk for suicide – San Diego State University, via EurekAlert (free)