Norra MacReady Oct 09, 2013 Full Story: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/812388 Sad news for sleep-deprived parents: probiotics may not quiet their colicky babies, a new meta-analysis suggests. Evidence is still insufficient “to support probiotic use to manage colic, especially in formula-fed infants, or to prevent infant crying,” lead author Valerie Sung, MPH, and colleagues report in an article published […]
Giving a baby’s minor symptoms the “disease” label may boost parents’ desire to medicate, even if told drugs won’t work.
Published: Oct 7, 2013 Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/DietNutrition/42120 Overall, the evidence is insufficient to recommend the use of probiotics to prevent or treat colic in babies, especially in those who are formula fed, a systematic review and meta-analysis found. Six of the 12 randomized trials that were reviewed suggested that probiotics reduced crying and six did […]
Sonia Sahli, PhD The Spine Journal Available online 2 October 2013 Abstract Background context Concerns have been raised about the effect of backpack carrying on adolescent balance. For adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) subjects, the effect of backpack carrying method on their balance has not been determined. Our aim is to examine the effects of backpack […]
SHOULD ITS PEDIATRIC USE BE BANNED? Antonio Martinez-Gimeno, Luis García-MarcosDisclosures Expert Rev Resp Med. 2013;7(2):113-122. ABSTRACT AND INTRODUCTION Abstract During the last few decades, a huge epidemiological effort has been made all over the world in order to cast some light on the origin of asthma (or ‘wheezing disorders’ as a general term) and its […]
Published: Sep 30, 2013 | Updated: Oct 1, 2013 By Todd Neale Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Prevention/41956 Action Points Note that this analysis of three cohort studies demonstrated that risk factors present in childhood are associated with cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Be aware that there was a substantial number of participants who were lost to follow-up; these […]
Using the high fat, low-carbohydrate diet to manage refractory epilepsy works in roughly 50% of cases, Kossoff said. Kossoff and colleagues presented evidence that fine-tuning adjustments to the diet and/or medications in the other 50% of cases might improve seizure managment and even provide freedom from seizures in a rare few.
Published: Oct 28, 2013 By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/AAP/42518 Action Points This study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. ORLANDO — Primary care physicians can manage almost all cases of […]
Deborah Brauser Aug 22, 2013 Consumption of even 1 soft drink per day may be associated with increased negative behavior in young children, new research suggests. A cohort study of almost 3000 5-year-olds showed that those who drank 1 to 4 servings of soda per day had significantly higher aggressive measurement scores than their peers […]
Anti-psychotic medications should not be the first treatments doctors or patients think of when dealing with dementia in an elderly person, behavior problems in a child or insomnia in an adult, a leading group of psychiatrists says in a new statement.
Children with low levels of vitamin D and recurrent ear infections had a reduced risk for acute otitis media with vitamin D supplementation.
In this interview, Dr. Kelly Cordoro, Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at UCSF speaks with Dr. Sarah Chamlin, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, about her recent presentation from the Society for Pediatric Dermatology Annual Meeting discussing the topic of pediatric psoriasis and related comorbidities.
Do Vaccines Cause Autism? Must-see new video reveals the systematic suppression of evidence of vaccine-damaged children Mike Adams Natural News September 11, 2013. There is systematic suppression in the United States on the truth about the links between vaccines and autism. Drug companies and the federal government have conspired to deny parents of vaccine-damaged children […]
Stricter diagnostic criteria and broader use of observation to further rein in antibiotic prescribing for acute otitis media emerged in a revision of American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines.
Environ Microbiol. 2014 Sep;16(9):2891-904. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12238. Epub 2013 Sep 3. Jost T, Lacroix C, Braegger CP, Rochat F, Chassard C. Abstract Breast milk has recently been recognized as source of commensal and potential probiotic bacteria. The present study investigated whether viable strains of gut-associated obligate anaerobes are shared between the maternal and neonatal gut ecosystem […]
Fish Consumption in Infancy and Development of Allergic Disease Up to Age 12 Y Research August 23, 2013 http://www.practiceupdate.com/journalscan/4196 Am J Clin Nutr 2013 Jun 01;97(6)1324-1330, J Magnusson, I Kull, H Rosenlund, N Håkansson, A Wolk, E Melén, M Wickman, A Bergström http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/97/6/1324.abstract TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Can fish consumption in infancy lower allergic disease in adolescents? […]
8/19/13 by Cole Petrochko Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Greater urinary concentration of BPA in children, commonly found in food and drink packaging, was significantly associated with higher risk of obesity, as well as greater odds of an abnormal waist circumference. Note that another study found that increased concentration of the plasticizer DEHP in the […]