Pediatrics
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Longer Breastfeeding Linked to Better Nutritional and Health Outcomes
Key clinical point: Encourage breastfeeding.
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Preventive Care Getting Past Millions of American Children
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Sleeping on Animal Skins Might Protect Against Childhood Asthma, Hay Fever
Key clinical point: Sleeping on animals skins during infancy might protect against wheezing, asthma, and hay fever. Major finding: Children who...
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Daily cannabis use in teens linked to lower educational attainment, increased suicide risk
Key clinical point: Prevention or delay of cannabis use in adolescence is likely to have broad health and social benefits. Major finding: Young...
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NHLBI Expert Panel Issues Guideline on Sickle Cell Disease
Major finding: The two most widely available disease-modifying therapies for SCD, hydroxyurea and long-term transfusions, are underused, in large...
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Pediatric Lipid Screening Uncommon Before 2011 Recommendations
Key clinical point: More children and adolescents will likely be newly identified by the universal lipid screening.Major Finding: Overall, 9.8% of...
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Rare Enterovirus Outbreaks Sending Children to Hospitals
Key clinical point: Consider enterovirus D68 in the differential diagnosis of unexplained severe respiratory illness.Major finding: Enterovirus...
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Autism Sibling Studies Beginning to Yield Data
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Program Prevented Antipsychotic-induced Weight Gain in Youth
Key clinical point: Prescribing antipsychotics for children and youth is associated with a high risk of clinically significant weight gain and...
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Onychomycosis: Not Just For Adults
Key clinical point: Onychomycosis appears to be rising in children and adolescents, and needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis of...