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School-Based Food Co-op Tied to Improved Diets in Children

More than 12,500 families enrolled, received 54 to 61 servings of fresh produce each week

October 2017 Briefing – Pediatrics

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pediatrics for October 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Children up to age 36 months with at least one foreign-born parent are less likely to be up-to-date on recommended vaccinations

Children of Immigrants Less Likely to be Up-to-Date on Shots

Children with at least one foreign-born parent less likely to be up-to-date at ages 2, 6, 18, 36 months
Primary care providers and medical homes have a role to play in the management of pediatric patients with congenital heart disease and their families

PCP Has Vital Role in Managing Pediatric Heart Disease

New American Academy of Pediatric policy statement details care guidelines for congenital heart disease
For pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

Surgery Reduces Seizures in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

And most common diagnoses based on resected brain specimens include hippocampal sclerosis, tumors

September 2017 Briefing – Pediatrics

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pediatrics for September 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
OnabotulinumtoxinA injections are beneficial for pediatric patients with chronic migraine

ASA: Botox Injections Beneficial for Migraine in Children

Statistically significant changes in migraine intensity, frequency, duration from pre- to post-therapy
The strongest evidence for benefit of cannabinoids in children is for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

Limited Evidence of Benefit for Medical Cannabinoids in Children

Strongest evidence for benefit in chemo-induced nausea, vomiting; other uses need more evidence
A novel method will allow for analyses of tumor-derived DNA in eyes with retinoblastoma undergoing salvage therapy that have not been enucleated

Aqueous Humor Can Serve as Surrogate Tumor Biopsy

In eyes of children with retinoblastoma, AH has sufficient tumor-derived DNA for genetic analyses
Non-Hispanic black children have lower health care utilization for eczema

Eczema Health Care Use Down for Non-Hispanic Black Children

Among children with one or more ambulatory visit for eczema, non-Hispanic blacks have more visits, Rxs