A recent report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a positive outcome in the battle against childhood obesity. The number of children and toddlers who are enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) have shown a downward trend in obesity prevalence from 2010 to 2016.
As advocates for child health, PNPs should actively support the Healthy Babies Bright Futures recommendations to create public health policies that ensure food safety and the removal of toxic heavy metals from infant and toddler food supplies. In fact, our advocacy should go beyond the infant food supply to all foods, to protect the health and well-being of all individuals regardless of age. Toxic metals should not be a part of anyone’s daily dietary intake.
With a vast potential for benefit, studies show this benefit is likely and of no risk at all, and the analysis overwhelmingly favors a universal recommendation for the early introduction of the Big Eight allergenic foods to infants. It should come as no surprise, then, that despite the measured AAP recommendation, numerous experts and institutions advocate this very approach. Here's what 8 have to say.
The year 2019 has seen major advances for pediatric therapeutics in the quest to identify better medicines for children. Here is a summary of what is new from these last months.
Support from fathers trumps that of mothers when it comes to mitigating damage from discrimination over sexual orientation in LGBT teenagers and young adults.
Bug bites, sunburn, and homesickness are the worst things that parents likely expect to happen to their children when they send them off to summer camp. However, a new study in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice indicates that camp may not be prepared to recognize and treat anaphylaxis caused by food allergies.
Let’s recap this year’s top devices for tech-savvy pediatricians. Are they on your wish list?
Because appropriate early treatment of anxiety disorders is key to either preventing or reducing a negative impact on a child's life, it's important for the clinician to diagnose the correct disorder by identifying the "threat" and feared stimuli. Here's a look at 7 types of anxiety disorders and their common behaviors.
Discussing vaccination against influenza can go a few different ways. For parents who are either unconcerned with the influenza immunization or who had children who received it in previous seasons but still got influenza, a targeted, evidence-based patient education supported by the influenza immunization and hospitalization data could turn the tide.
Motor skill delays are an early predictor of language delays later in childhood and into adulthood in individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
A 9-year-old girl presents with a painful blistering patch on her right leg noted when her mother picked her up from school following an after-school ski club trip. What's the diagnosis?
Before turning to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to treat anxiety and depressive disorders in children, check out the freely accessible, genotype-based, drug-dosing online knowledgebases for guidance.
A new study reveals that mothers who are aged younger than 20 years when their first child is born were more likely to have a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and researchers suggest maternal age and other genetic factors may be the cause.
What if someone is posting suicidal messages or something disturbing on social media? Some social media sites also have a process to report suicidal content and get help for the person posting the message. Each offers different options on how to respond. Here's how 6 of the most popular ones do it.
There is little evidence on the best ways to offer intervention on drug use, so pediatricians and PCPs are advised to just steer clear, for now.
Pediatricians can use the growing body of knowledge from biomedical and grief research as the basis for improving their care of bereaved parents in crisis.
For a child presenting with a headache, it’s critical to make the correct diagnosis based on history and physical exam.
Recent research advances are providing insight on infectious causative mechanisms for this recently described disease in children.
Pediatricians need to implement the strategies of assessing, adjusting, and reviewing symptoms and risks of severe asthma to confirm the diagnosis and implement appropriate interventions.
Why is there a gap in the mental health training of general pediatricians? This is a question that brings about a wide spectrum of opinions and likely just as many emotions from clinicians. Although there is no single answer to this question, the lack of appropriate training in mental health remains an issue in the training of pediatricians.
A recent study suggests that positive childhood experiences may counter the damaging effects of adverse experiences.
A recent study suggests that positive childhood experiences may counter the damaging effects of adverse experiences.
A recent study suggests that positive childhood experiences may counter the damaging effects of adverse experiences.
A recent study suggests that positive childhood experiences may counter the damaging effects of adverse experiences.
A recent study suggests that positive childhood experiences may counter the damaging effects of adverse experiences.
A recent study suggests that positive childhood experiences may counter the damaging effects of adverse experiences.
A recent study suggests that positive childhood experiences may counter the damaging effects of adverse experiences.
A recent study suggests that positive childhood experiences may counter the damaging effects of adverse experiences.
A recent study suggests that positive childhood experiences may counter the damaging effects of adverse experiences.
A recent study suggests that positive childhood experiences may counter the damaging effects of adverse experiences.