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Educating Children and Parents Key to Preventing Dog Bites

The Emergency Department at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego treats an average of five dog bites per week. And we hear the same story all too often from perplexed parents: “... Full Article

Less Sleep Associated With Increased Risk of Crashes for Young Drivers
A study by Alexandra L. C. Martiniuk, MSc, PhD, of The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia, and colleagues suggests less sleep per night is associated with a... Full Article

Leading Explanations for Whooping Cough's Resurgence Don't Stand Up to Scrutiny
Whooping cough has exploded in the United States and some other developed countries in recent decades, and many experts suspect ineffective childhood vaccines for the alarming... Full Article

Exposure to Traffic Pollution Increases Asthma Severity in Pregnant Women
Air pollutants from traffic are associated with increased asthma severity levels in pregnant asthmatic women, according to a new study. “Air pollution is a known trigger for ... Full Article

Teens Experience Both Sides of Dating Violence
Teens in a relationship that involves dating violence are likely to be both a victim and perpetrator, as opposed to being just one or the other, finds a recent study in the Jo... Full Article

African American Students Drink More Soda When Available at School
The availability of sugar-sweetened or diet soda in schools does not appear to be related to students’ overall consumption, except for African-American students, who drink mor... Full Article

New Data for the Treatment of Preeclampsia: Preclinical Research Shows PLX Cells May Be Effective in Treating Preeclampsia
Could the answer to repairing the ailing placenta in preeclampsia lie within the stem cells of a healthy placenta? New promising evidence may lead scientists to answer that qu... Full Article

Early Bloomers: Therapy in the NICU
For babies born prematurely, the tenuous first weeks of life often are filled with myriad medical interventions in the neonatal intensive care unit to help them adjust to life... Full Article

Preschoolers Affected by Medication-Related Poisonings at an Alarming Rate
Poisonings in young children have increased over the past decade, mainly due to medications in the home. A new study led by the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Childr... Full Article

Tavenner Confirmed as CMS Administrator
Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed by the Senate Wednesday to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 91-7 vote makes Tavenner the first confirmed CMS l... Full Article

Early Elective Deliveries Reduction Halves NICU Admissions
New guidelines to reduce early elective deliveries (EED) at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies have cut by 50% the admission of late pre-term newborns (37-38 weeks gest... Full Article

CLSI Releases Newborn Screening Document to Aid in the Detection of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has released NBS06-A-Newborn Blood Spot Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency by Measurement of T-cell Receptor Exc... Full Article

No Significant Change Seen in Overall Smokeless Tobacco Use Among US Youths
Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Declines in smoking among youths were observed from the late 1990s. “However, limi... Full Article

16 Youth Sports Safety Tips from NATA
With the spring sports season well underway and summer preseason practices and youth league games around the corner, young athletes are already enjoying warm weather activitie... Full Article

Map Shows Infection and Sepsis-Related Mortality Hotspots Across the US
In the past, researchers have sought to determine the geographic distribution of many life-threatening conditions, including stroke and cardiac arrest. Now, researchers at the... Full Article

Portable Respiratory Device Enhances Patient Mobility
Portable Respiratory Device Enhances Patient Mobility A new High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (HFCWO) vest that gives respiratory patients the freedom to move around durin... Full Article

Summer Brings Increase in Gasoline and Other Chemical-Related Injuries in Young Children
Hydrocarbons, a chemical compound commonly found in household items from cleaning products to gasoline, are among the top 10 causes of pediatric poisoning deaths in the United... Full Article

Common Treatment for Bronchiolitis Ineffective at Reducing Length of Hospital Stay
New research shows that hospital stays for infants diagnosed with bronchiolitis, or inflammation of the lungs, and treated with nebulized 3% hypertonic saline (HS), a commonly... Full Article

Enhanced Motion Perception in Autism May Point to an Underlying Cause of the Disorder
Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other children their age, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide clues to a fundamental cause of the deve... Full Article

May 6-12 is National Nurses Week
National Nurses Week is May 6 -12, with the 6th being celebrated as “National Nurses Day,” the birthday of Florence Nightingale who is considered to be the founder of modern n... Full Article

Nurse Week: Military Nurses Claim Special Tie to Nightingale
Nurses Week is to celebrate the accomplishment of nurses throughout the year. It is based around the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, who was, ... Full Article

Parental Addictions Linked to Adult Children’s Depression
The offspring of parents who were addicted to drugs or alcohol are more likely to be depressed in adulthood, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers. In... Full Article

For Teens, Subway Not Much Healthier Than McDonald's
Subway may promote itself as the “healthy” fast food restaurant, but it might not be a much healthier alternative than McDonald’s for adolescents, according to new UCLA resear... Full Article

Excessive Weight Gain During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Lacerations During Childbirth
Excessive weight gain during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of lacerations during vaginal childbirth, according to a study conducted by researchers at Montefiore M... Full Article

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