Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: pediatrician http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Facebook use leads to depression? No, says Wisconsin study MADISON- A study of university students is the first evidence to refute the supposed link between depression and the amount of time spent on Facebook and other social-media sites. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-facebook-depression-wisconsin.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:23:40 EST news261077009 Keep infants out of sun and heat, experts warn (HealthDay) -- Because infants are so much smaller than adults and lack the ability to sweat, heat and sun exposure pose specific risks for babies, experts say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-infants-sun-experts.html Health Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:53:04 EST news260945576 U.S. teen pregnancy rate continues to fall (HealthDay) -- The teen pregnancy rate in the United States dipped to its lowest recorded level since 1976, a new government report shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-teen-pregnancy-fall.html Health Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:27:45 EST news259413947 Bridging the doctor-patient gap (HealthDay) -- With health care becoming increasingly high-tech, fast-paced and cost-conscious, a lot of doctors and patients alike are feeling out of sorts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-bridging-doctor-patient-gap.html Health Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:00:01 EST news257762316 'Eat your vegetables!' New book redefines how to raise healthy eaters How do you get a picky young eater who refuses everything to like fruits and vegetables? How do you get children to try nutritious foods when all they want is something sweet or salty? How do you raise healthy eaters without constant mealtime struggles? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-vegetables-redefines-healthy-eaters.html Health Tue, 29 May 2012 14:44:44 EST news257521476 Doubt cast on usefulness of 'Sensory' therapies for autism (HealthDay) -- Sensory therapies using brushes, swings and other play equipment are increasingly used by occupational therapists to treat children with developmental issues such as autism, but a large pediatricians organization says there isn't much evidence that such therapies actually work. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-sensory-therapies-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Mon, 28 May 2012 10:20:01 EST news257416894 From one generation to the next, dental care changes (HealthDay) -- Stephanie Crowe, a mother of three from Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., still remembers dreading a visit to the dentist as a young girl. It was often a painful experience, and her family's dentist showed little empathy to his smallest patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-dental.html Dentistry Fri, 18 May 2012 13:30:01 EST news256563936 Many parents of kids with autism don't put faith in pediatricians (HealthDay) -- Many parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder don't feel they can turn to their pediatricians for advice on treatments, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-parents-kids-autism-dont-faith.html Autism spectrum disorders Wed, 16 May 2012 17:50:01 EST news256399336 Time cover masks problem: Too few kids breast-fed (AP) -- The real issue with breast-feeding is this: Too few infants who could really benefit from it are getting mom's milk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-masks-problem-kids-breast-fed.html Pediatrics Fri, 11 May 2012 17:18:13 EST news255975485 Only half of meds taken by kids have 'adequate' safety info: study (HealthDay) -- About half of medications used in children have little or no label information about drug effectiveness, safety or dosing in children, new research finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-meds-kids-adequate-safety-info.html Pediatrics Fri, 11 May 2012 10:50:01 EST news255948509 Romanian baby born with stunted intestines dies (AP) -- A Romanian baby born with virtually no intestines who confounded doctors by tenaciously clinging to life and captured international attention and offers of medical help, died on Thursday. He was nine months old. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-romanian-baby-born-stunted-intestines.html Other Thu, 10 May 2012 15:56:29 EST news255884179 Study: Children tend to perceive obese physicians as less likeable, credible (Medical Xpress) -- When comparing photos of overweight physicians with ideal size counterparts, children rate obese physicians as less likeable with less expertise, but youngsters found extra girth had no impact on trustworthiness, says a new report from Ball State University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-children-tend-obese-physicians-likeable.html Health Wed, 09 May 2012 08:02:29 EST news255769306 Skin cancer increasingly common in teens and young adults (Medical Xpress) -- With summer just around the corner, pediatricians at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center are sounding the alarm on a disturbing trend: A growing number of teenagers and young adults diagnosed with skin cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-skin-cancer-increasingly-common-teens.html Cancer Mon, 07 May 2012 07:17:22 EST news255593832 Unruly kids may have a mental disorder When children behave badly, it's easy to blame their parents. Sometimes, however, such behavior may be due to a mental disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-unruly-kids-mental-disorder.html Pediatrics Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:01 EST news254749094 Mexican woman due to give birth to nine in May A Mexican woman is due to give birth to six girls and three boys in May, the local media is reporting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-mexican-woman-due-birth.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:29:28 EST news254755759 A physician's guide for anti-vaccine parents In the limited time of an office visit, how can a primary care physician make the case to parents that their child should be vaccinated? During National Infant Immunization Week, a Mayo Clinic vaccine expert and a pediatrician offer suggestions for refuting three of the most common myths about child vaccine safety. Their article, The Clinician's Guide to the Anti-Vaccinationists' Galaxy, is published online this month in the journal Human Immunology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-physician-anti-vaccine-parents.html Immunology Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:11:34 EST news254419883 Troubled homes may fuel obesity in girls (HealthDay) -- Little girls from troubled homes are more likely to be obese at age 5 than girls from happier ones, new research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-homes-fuel-obesity-girls.html Health Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:12:10 EST news253804318 Hope for Romania baby born with stunted intestines (AP) -- Baby Andrei has confounded doctors just by being alive: The tiny boy with twig-thin limbs was given just days to live when he was born with almost no intestines - eight months ago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-romania-baby-born-stunted-intestines.html Other Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:58:13 EST news252856659 Reducing hospital admissions for asthmatics Children with moderate or severe asthma attacks who are treated with systemic corticosteroids during the first 75 minutes of triage in the Emergency Department (ED) were 16% less likely to be admitted to hospital. This highlights the importance of adopting a strategy to rapidly identify and begin treating children with moderate or severe asthma attacks directly after triage, according to a team of investigators working at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center (UHC), the University of Montreal, McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-hospital-admissions-asthmatics.html Inflammatory disorders Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:02:34 EST news252756118 Diagnosis of ADHD on the rise: 10 million American children diagnosed with ADHD during doctors' visits The number of American children leaving doctors' offices with an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis has risen 66 percent in 10 years, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Over this same timeframe, specialists, instead of primary care physicians, have begun treating an increasing number of these young patients, the study found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-diagnosis-adhd-million-american-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:48:32 EST news251380006 Late preemie birth may be linked to higher asthma risk (HealthDay) -- Babies born just a few weeks early appear to face a greater risk of developing asthma when compared with children born at full term, new research reveals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-late-preemie-birth-linked-higher.html Inflammatory disorders Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:20:01 EST news250174097 As diabetes emerges, researchers track disease's first steps Scientists have taken a remarkably detailed look at the initial steps that occur in the body when type 1 diabetes mellitus first develops in a child or young adult. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-diabetes-emerges-track-disease.html Diabetes Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:34:06 EST news248628833 Saint Louis University doctors aim to dispel myths about vaccines Two Saint Louis University pediatricians are leading a Missouri State Medical Association statewide effort to change the way doctors respond to parents' fears of vaccines, and to raise awareness about the importance of getting children vaccinated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-saint-louis-university-doctors-aim.html Health Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:30:41 EST news247397433 Researchers reveal darker side of the common cold (Medical Xpress) -- Human rhinovirus (HRV), also known as the common cold, can be uncommonly serious for certain children, a study led by a Vanderbilt University Medical Center pediatrician shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-reveal-darker-side-common-cold.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:39:34 EST news245320756 Study shows updated rotavirus vaccine not linked to increase in bowel obstruction The rotovirus vaccine was pulled from the marketplace in 1999 after being associated with painful gastrointestinal complications, however, the updated rotavirus vaccines do not appear to increase the occurrence of these potentially fatal side effects, according to a new study by child health experts at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-rotavirus-vaccine-linked-bowel-obstruction.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:31:37 EST news244906282 Few parents recall being told by doctors that their child is overweight A new analysis of national survey data finds that less than one-quarter of parents of overweight children recall ever being told by a doctor or other health care provider that their children were overweight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-parents-recall-told-doctors-child.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:31:08 EST news242325062 Study finds inadequate mask use among health care workers early in 2009 H1N1 outbreak Inadequate use of masks or respirators put health care workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection during the earliest stages of the 2009 pandemic in the U.S., according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-inadequate-mask-health-workers-early.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:04:35 EST news241887864 Washington pediatricians receive regular requests for alternative child immunization schedules Seventy-seven percent of Washington state pediatricians report that they are sometimes or frequently asked to provide alternative childhood vaccine schedules for their patients, according to a new study from Seattle Children's Research Institute. Researchers also found that 61 percent of Washington state pediatricians are comfortable using an alternative schedule when asked by a parent. The study, "Washington State Pediatricians' Attitudes Toward Alternative Childhood Immunization Schedules," is published in the December 2011 issue of Pediatrics and is the first to evaluate pediatricians' attitudes towards alternative schedules. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-washington-pediatricians-regular-alternative-child.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:03:27 EST news241714993 Few doctors follow sudden cardiac death screening guidelines for athletes According to a state survey, fewer than 6 percent of doctors fully follow national guidelines for assessing sudden cardiac death risk during high school sports physicals, researchers said at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-doctors-sudden-cardiac-death-screening.html Cardiology Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:21:23 EST news240409258 Lower income dads active in their kids' health Lower-income, urban dads are involved in their children's health and encourage them to exercise and eat healthy foods, reports a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. But these same dads may also give their kids the wrong dose of medicine and may be uncomfortable handling emergency medical care for their children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-income-dads-kids-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:18:36 EST news237734290