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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concludes that primary care interventions to promote breastfeeding can have a moderate net benefit. These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement published in the Oct. 25 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF Recommends Primary Care Breastfeeding Interventions

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Evidence suggests that interventions to promote breastfeeding have a moderate net benefit
The brains of children with posttraumatic stress disorder have structural differences not seen in the brains of children without the disorder

Disruptions in Brain Structure Seen in Children With PTSD

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MRI detects variations in neural connections of earthquake survivors, researchers say
A growing number of American children with headaches are being seen at pediatric emergency departments and admitted to the hospital

AAP: Visits to Pediatric ERs for Headache Pain in Children Rising

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Study finds hospital admissions for headache pain also up; reasons are unclear
Just one season of competitive football may cause changes in some young players' developing brains

Altered Brain Structure Seen With Just One Season of Youth Football

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Not yet clear if changes are lasting or meaningful
Infants should sleep in the same room as their parents -- but not in the same bed -- to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome

AAP: Infants Should Sleep Near Parents, but on Separate Surface

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Sleeping nearby -- but not in same bed -- advised for first year, says American Academy of Pediatrics
Parents need to work with their children to develop a media use plan for the entire family

AAP Urges Parents to Develop Media Use Plan

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Suggestions include no screen time for those under 18 months, not using media as 'soothing tool'
Neonatal phototherapy is not associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Neonatal Phototherapy Not Linked to Type 1 Diabetes

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No correlation in unadjusted analyses or after adjustment for hyperbilirubinemia, other covariates
Children 14 and younger require only two doses of the human papillomavirus vaccine rather than the previously recommended three doses

CDC: Two Doses of HPV Vaccine Sufficient for Children Under 15

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But agency's revised guidelines still recommend three doses for 15- to 26-year-olds
In pregnant women taking the antidepressant bupropion

Researchers Find Antidepressant Bupropion Crosses Placenta

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Concentrations suggest higher fetal exposure to metabolites than the drug
Treated diabetic retinopathy is extremely rare among children with type 1 diabetes

Treated Diabetic Retinopathy Rare in Children With T1DM

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None of the 45 individuals from the T1D Exchange Clinic Registry reporting DR had received treatment