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Poverty can significantly harm a child's health and should be an issue identified at well-child visits

AAP: Add Poverty to Well-Visit Checklist

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One simple question might help families avert serious health risks, American Academy of Pediatrics says
Patient-related determinants of care gaps have been identified in adolescents with chronic conditions; the findings were published online March 3 in Pediatrics.

Review IDs Care Gaps for Teens With Chronic Conditions

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Care gaps relate to patient characteristics, including demographics, disease-related characteristics
A policy introducing nutrition standards for competitive beverages can improve the nutritional quality of beverages sold in schools

District Policy With Support Ups Drink Quality in Schools

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Of 115 schools in Boston, 89.6 percent met competitive beverage nutrition standards in 2013
The proportion of pediatric Staphylococcus aureus infections due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus seems to be decreasing in pediatric populations

Decrease in Pediatric S. aureus Infections Due to MRSA

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During study period, decrease noted in S. aureus susceptibility to clindamycin
There is a correlation between increased social-emotional difficulties in toddlers and the tendency of low-income parents to use mobile technology to calm their children in certain situations

Social-Emotional Difficulty Linked to Toddler Mobile Tech Use

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Toddlers with more social-emotional problems more likely to be given mobile technology to calm down

February 2016 Briefing – Pediatrics

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pediatrics for February 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
Plasma uric acid levels are significantly lower in adolescent patients with type 1 diabetes than in healthy control subjects

Uric Acid Levels Low in Teens With Type 1 Diabetes

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Unlike in adults, there is no association between uric acid, cardiorenal parameters
Although many pediatric patients undergo tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in ambulatory settings

Risk Higher in Younger Children for Tonsillectomy Complications

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Inpatient setting advised for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in younger children
Transgender children who have socially transitioned and are supported to live openly as the gender "opposite" their natal sex do not have elevations in depression

No Increase in Depression for Supported Transgender Children

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Transgender children who have socially transitioned have only minimal elevations in anxiety
New guidelines have been developed for evaluation and testing of infants and children with possible Zika virus infection. The interim guidelines were published in the Feb. 19 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Guidelines Developed for Suspected Zika in Children

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Acute Zika virus should be suspected in children who traveled to affected area, have symptoms