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Limited evidence supports medical intervention use in adolescents and young adults with autism

Vanderbilt University researchers studying interventions for adolescents and young adults with autism are reporting today that there is insufficient evidence to support findings, good or bad, for the therapies currently used.

28 Aug 2012

American Academy of Pediatrics says circumcision benefits outweigh risks

Shifting its stance, the pediatricians' group now says the benefits of circumcising boys to protect against disease outweighs the risk, but that the decision should be up to parents.

28 Aug 2012

Short sleep duration linked to more aggressive breast cancers

Lack of sleep is linked to more aggressive breast cancers, according to new findings published in the August issue of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment by physician-scientists from University Hospitals Case Medical Center's Seidman Cancer Center and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University.

28 Aug 2012

First Edition: August 27, 2012

Today's headlines include reports about this week's GOP convention, the politics of Medicare and abortion, and the latest health policy news from the states.

27 Aug 2012

XJB-5-131 prevents secondary damage of severe traumatic brain injury

Treatment with an agent that blocks the oxidation of an important component of the mitochondrial membrane prevented the secondary damage of severe traumatic brain injury and preserved function that would otherwise have been impaired, according to a research team from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health and Department of Chemistry in a report published online today in Nature Neuroscience.

27 Aug 2012

Conifer Health to provide comprehensive revenue cycle management operations for TAH

Conifer Health Solutions, a leader in business process management solutions for healthcare providers, has reached an agreement to provide comprehensive revenue cycle management operations for Titusville Area Hospital (TAH) of Titusville, Pennsylvania.

26 Aug 2012

Guidelines for parents to beat back-to-school bugs

School bells are beginning to sound again across the country, so it will only be a matter of time until every parent comes face-to-face with a child who wakes up with a cold, fever or upset stomach.

24 Aug 2012

Scientists develop reliable method to convert adult blood cells into iPSCs

Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a reliable method to turn the clock back on blood cells, restoring them to a primitive stem cell state from which they can then develop into any other type of cell in the body.

24 Aug 2012

Australian doctors in training spend significantly less time consulting with children

Australian doctors-in-training spend significantly less time consulting with pediatric patients than they do with adults, according to a new study published in the journal Australian Family Physician.

23 Aug 2012

Emotional health and education level of mothers influence teen’s oral health

A mother's emotional health and education level during her child's earliest years influence oral health at age 14, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University's School of Dental Medicine.

23 Aug 2012

Spicy solution for viral infection

Curcumin, the main compound in the spice turmeric, prevents replication of mosquito-borne Rift Valley Fever virus in infected cells, report researchers.

22 Aug 2012

Blood cells returned to stem cell state by Johns Hopkins researchers

22 Aug 2012

Study: Declining rates of circumcisions among infants could drive up health care costs

Johns Hopkins researchers examine the 20-year decline in male circumcision rates and assert it could raise medical costs related to sexually transmitted diseases and other health problems.

22 Aug 2012

Study analyzes association between antibiotic use and body mass starting in infancy

Treating very young infants with antibiotics may predispose them to being overweight in childhood, according to a study of more than 10,000 children by researchers at the NYU School of Medicine and the NYU Wagner School of Public Service and published in the online August 21, 2012, issue of the International Journal of Obesity.

22 Aug 2012

Vitamin D may help fight childhood acute respiratory infections

Supplementation with vitamin D, particularly in winter, appears to reduce a child’s risk for contracting acute respiratory infections by almost 50%, show results from a Mongolian study.

21 Aug 2012

Declining circumcision rates in the US raise healthcare costs and disease risk

A team of disease experts and health economists at Johns Hopkins warns that steadily declining rates of U.S. infant male circumcision could add more than $4.4 billion in avoidable health care costs if rates over the next decade drop to levels now seen in Europe.

21 Aug 2012

Healthy brown-bag lunch can combat obesity in school children

As the new school year approaches, parents have to decide what their children will eat for lunch. Should they help the kids brown bag it or remember to take their lunch money? While this might not seem to be a major issue, it is - because the importance of school lunch rises with the rates of childhood obesity, say University of Alabama at Birmingham experts.

21 Aug 2012

Declining rates of circumcision in US infant males could add billions to health care costs

21 Aug 2012

MitoTarget Project and neurodegenerative diseases: an interview with Rebecca Pruss, Ph.D., CSO of Trophos

The MitoTarget Project was a project funded by the European Commission, under their FP7 programme. It was funding for a call published in 2007.

21 Aug 2012

Daily vitamin D intake protects against respiratory infections in children

A study conducted in Mongolian schoolchildren supports the possibility that daily vitamin D supplementation can reduce the risk of respiratory infections in winter. In a report that will appear in the journal Pediatrics and has received early online release, an international research team found that vitamin D supplementation decreased the risk of respiratory infections among children who had low blood levels of vitamin D at the start of the study.

21 Aug 2012

Pediatrics News and Research

Latest Pediatrics News and Research

Limited evidence supports medical intervention use in adolescents and young adults with autism

American Academy of Pediatrics says circumcision benefits outweigh risks

Short sleep duration linked to more aggressive breast cancers

First Edition: August 27, 2012

XJB-5-131 prevents secondary damage of severe traumatic brain injury

Conifer Health to provide comprehensive revenue cycle management operations for TAH

Guidelines for parents to beat back-to-school bugs

Scientists develop reliable method to convert adult blood cells into iPSCs

Australian doctors in training spend significantly less time consulting with children

Emotional health and education level of mothers influence teen’s oral health

Spicy solution for viral infection

Blood cells returned to stem cell state by Johns Hopkins researchers

Study: Declining rates of circumcisions among infants could drive up health care costs

Study analyzes association between antibiotic use and body mass starting in infancy

Vitamin D may help fight childhood acute respiratory infections

Declining circumcision rates in the US raise healthcare costs and disease risk

Healthy brown-bag lunch can combat obesity in school children

Declining rates of circumcision in US infant males could add billions to health care costs

MitoTarget Project and neurodegenerative diseases: an interview with Rebecca Pruss, Ph.D., CSO of Trophos

Daily vitamin D intake protects against respiratory infections in children

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