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Date: Jan 1, 2012
By:
Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
| Source: Contemporary Pediatrics
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new mobile imaging device that aids in the detection of life-threatening bleeding in the skull through near-infrared spectroscopy.
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Date: Nov 17, 2011
| Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Making good decisions requires that physicians have reliable and practical data. Comparative effectiveness reviews and objective findings on different medical interventions and strategies, as provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in its Effective Health Care Program, can help physicians make the most informed choices among treatment options.
Date: Nov 1, 2011
By:
Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
| Source: Contemporary Pediatrics
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According to two trials, suppressive oral acyclovir therapy for 6 months improved neurodevelopment outcomes in infants surviving HSV disease with CNS involvement.
Date: Oct 27, 2011
By:
Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
| Source: Contemporary Pediatrics eConsult
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Flipping burgers on the late shift can present more danger to teenagers than a minor grease-splatter burn or a repetitive-motion injury. Results of a European study suggest that shift work before the age of 20 years could be associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). How increased was the risk? Is it associated with disruptions in circadian rhythm and sleep pattern?
Date: Oct 13, 2011
By:
Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
| Source: Contemporary Pediatrics eConsult
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Most US teenagers are sleep deprived—nearly 70% do not get 8 or more hours of sleep a night. Now, new research suggests that the implications of that may be more significant than simply parents being kept awake by late-night tapping on mobile phones or even by groggy teens nodding off in class. What did a study in mice find out about how short-term sleep restriction can affect the balance between growth and depletion of brain synapses?
Date: Oct 1, 2011
| Source: Contemporary OB/GYN
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Women who are depressed are almost one third more likely to suffer a stroke than women of the same age who are not depressed, according to the findings of a 6-year study.
Date: Oct 1, 2011
By:
Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
| Source: Contemporary Pediatrics
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Researchers evaluated children with migraine for patent foramen ovale and right-to-left shunting, using color-flow Doppler scanning, saline solution contracst transthoracic echocardiography, and contrast transcranial Doppler scanning to determine the prevalence of PFO in such children.
Date: Sep 23, 2011
By:
David C. Willis, MD, Deborah Kaplan
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Date: Sep 23, 2011
By:
David C. Willis, MD, Deborah Kaplan
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