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Higher sun exposure in the previous summer or winter is associated with a lower risk for having pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

Half an Hour of Sun Exposure Daily May Lower Risk for Pediatric IBD

Association holds when considering only those most recently diagnosed, Caucasians
From 2003 to 2014

2003 to 2014 Saw Incidence of Herpes Zoster Drop in Children

Vaccinated children had 78 percent lower rate of HZ incidence than unvaccinated children
An automated cough sound analyzer can serve as a diagnostic aid in the assessment of pediatric respiratory disorders

Cough Sound Analyzer Helps Differentiate Peds Respiratory Disorders

Automated analyzer can aid in diagnosing asthma, pneumonia, croup, bronchiolitis, LRI
An online intervention may be effective in reducing a mother's intention to bring her child to a primary care clinic for low-risk pediatric respiratory tract infections

Online Intervention May Cut Unnecessary Primary Care Visits

Findings based on reduction in a mother's intent to attend clinic for pediatric respiratory tract infections
The electronic-AsthmaTracker app aids self-monitoring and improves asthma outcomes among pediatric patients and their parents

App Helps Pediatric Asthma Patients, Parents Self-Monitor

With one year of use, improvements seen in asthma outcomes
For children with eczema

Staphylococcus aureus Linked to Food Sensitization in Eczema

Children with S. aureus more likely to have persistent egg, peanut allergy independent of eczema severity

May 2019 Briefing – Pediatrics

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pediatrics for May 2019. This roundup includes the latest...
In recent years

Number, Rate of Detergent Pod Exposures Modestly Declined

Increases seen from 2012 to 2015 in children <6, but 18 percent decrease observed 2015 to 2017
The International Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Study Group has updated standards for future clinical trials in pediatric multiple sclerosis; the new recommendations were published in the May 28 issue of Neurology.

Recommendations Developed for Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Trials

Biological rationale exists for using treatments proven efficacious in adults with MS for pediatric MS
Hispanic and black children are more likely than white children to miss school due to atopic dermatitis

Eczema-Related School Absences Higher Among Blacks, Hispanics

3.3 percent of children missed at least six days of school in six months due to their skin condition