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Date: Feb 9, 2012
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Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
| Source: Contemporary Pediatrics eConsult
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Spanking used as discipline for children is increasingly linked to long-term negative behaviors in adults and even physical alterations of cognitive areas of the brain, say researchers from Canada. Their analysis of 20 years of published research suggests that physicians should reexamine the issue of physical punishment from a medical perspective and advise parents to seek alternative methods to modify their children’s behavior.
Date: Jan 26, 2012
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Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
| Source: Contemporary Pediatrics eConsult
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The latest data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey show that the overall prevalence of obesity in children may be leveling off at about 17%, in contrast to the rapid increases seen in the 1980s and 1990s. Another study showed that the availability of junk foods had little effect on weight gain in middle-school children. Learn why efforts to promote healthy eating may have to extend beyond the classroom.
Date: Jan 19, 2012
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Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
| Source: Contemporary Pediatrics eConsult
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Amblyopia is the most common cause of visual impairment in children and adults. Myopic anisometropic amblyopia, a subtype of amblyopia perceived as difficult to treat, usually is managed by balancing the myopic eye optically and cosmetically and forgoing further treatment. Now new research shows that in these cases, refractive correction in combination with patching can improve visual acuity over refractive correction alone.
Date: Jan 19, 2012
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Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
| Source: Contemporary Pediatrics eConsult
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Bilateral cochlear implants placed early and simultaneously have the greatest effect on speech development in children with prelingual hearing loss. Learn how early identification, early implantation, and using oral and auditory communication therapies can lead to the best outcomes for language skills in these children and adolescents.
Date: Jan 19, 2012
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Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
| Source: Contemporary Pediatrics eConsult
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A new literature review suggests that a simple, healthy diet low in fat and high in fruits, vegetables, and fiber may be a useful alternative or complementary therapy for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Find out what foods may be beneficial for your patients and what foods they should avoid.
Date: Jan 13, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drinking a liter of regular cola every day increases the amount of fat in the liver, muscles and viscera, according to a new Danish study.
Date: Jan 13, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Artificial trans fats have become notorious for their undesirable effects on cholesterol levels. But a small clinical trial suggests that natural trans fats may not do the same damage.
Date: Jan 12, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls who ate frequent meals and snacks put on fewer pounds and gained fewer inches to their waistlines over the next decade than those who only ate a couple of times each day, according to a new study.
Date: Jan 12, 2012
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Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
| Source: Contemporary Pediatrics eConsult
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A new prospective study confirms previous suggestions that in very low-birth-weight newborns exposed to treatment with ranitidine for gastric acid suppression, the rate of infections is significantly higher, as are the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, length of hospital stay, and fatal outcome.
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