by Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and gestational diabetes (GDM) are two of the most common pregnancy complications and put pregnant people at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life. Now, in a new study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual...
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A common medication could save half a million children with diarrhea each year: Why is it underprescribed?
by Nina Raffio, University of Southern California Provider perceptions that patients do not want ORS are the most important barrier to ORS prescribing. The figure shows that if all patients showed a preference for ORS, it would increase ORS prescribing by 24.5 percentage points, from 42 to 66.5%. Thus, provider perceptions of patient preferences explain 42%...
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Study finds parents can help kids eat healthier by knowing their own sense of self
University of Oregon study finds that parental views of lay theories influence what meals they serve to children and how children develop their food preferences EUGENE, Ore. – Aug. 7, 2020 – Young children naturally like sugar and salt in food and develop food preferences based on what their parents serve them, but new research...
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Standard Autism Screening Is Missing a Lot of Kids
A large health system–used tool to screen almost all children for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) only identifies less than half with the condition. Just 39 percent of children who went on to get a diagnosis of ASD screened positive on their earlier pediatrician visit. The study authors looked at electronic health records of almost 26,000 children who had...
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Hot drinks are the most common cause of burns to young children
Posted Today New research has shown that hot drink scalds were the commonest cause of children under five presenting to emergency departments and that only one in four children received adequate first aid before getting to the hospital. These two key findings have led to the design of a national campaign called SafeTea launched, National...
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Concussions and school-age children: What parents need to know
by Susan Davies, The Conversation “Jamal” is a 16-year-old boy who sustained a concussion in a skateboarding accident in July. He was diagnosed in the emergency room. Jamal initially had headaches, nausea and sensitivity to light and noise, but he appeared symptom-free within two weeks. When Jamal returned to school in late August, he had difficulty waking...
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Adults with cerebral palsy about twice as likely to develop non-communicable diseases
Thursday, 29 August 2019 – Adults with cerebral palsy are about twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease and chronic respiratory disease compared to adults without cerebral palsy, according to a new study led by RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) and Brunel University London. The study compared 1,700 adults with cerebral palsy and...
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Childhood vaccines: Tough questions, straight answers
by From Mayo Clinic News Network Do vaccines cause autism? Is it OK to skip certain vaccines? Get the facts on these and other common questions. Childhood vaccines protect children from a variety of serious or potentially fatal diseases, including diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis) and others. If these diseases seem uncommon—or even unheard of—it’s usually because these vaccines are doing their...
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Offspring of Pregnant Women Exposed to High Level of Pollutants May Have Lower IQs
A new study has found that pregnant women exposed to higher levels of air pollutants had children with lower IQs, compared to the children of women exposed to lower levels. While the difference was small – 2.5 points on average – it increased to 6.8 IQ points if the mothers’ folate levels had been low during pregnancy. The study will be published in the issue of Environmental Research and is...
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Study finds personal care products send a child to the emergency room every two hours
Researchers urge parents to store these products safely: Locked up, away and out of sight NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL In homes across the country, there are dangerous products hidden in plain sight on bathroom counters and bedroom dressers. Personal care products like shampoo, lotion, makeup, nail polish and cologne seem like they should be safe since they are...
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