News tagged with pediatrician
Health law kicks into 2nd gear; does it help me?
(AP) -- The nation's new health care law turns 6 months old Thursday and starts delivering protections and dollars-and-cents benefits that Americans can grasp. But it won't affect all consumers the same way, which may cause ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Docs warn about Facebook use and teen depression
(AP) -- Add "Facebook depression" to potential harms linked with social media, an influential doctors' group warns, referring to a condition it says may affect troubled teens who obsess over the online site.
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Revisiting ADHD and Ritalin
Fifteen years ago, Dr. Lawrence H. Diller, a pediatrician from Walnut Creek, Calif., ignited a national debate over the steep rise in children being diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and treated with ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 17, 2011 |
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Pediatricians take on bullies, dating violence
(AP) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to take an active role in preventing bullying in schools and violence among dating teenagers.
Jun 13, 2009 |
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Common childhood virus packs an increasingly potent punch
Five-year-old Kate Levschan and her 18-month-old brother, Jacob, have never sat on Santa's lap. Their mother, Marti Levschan, wants to keep it that way.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Study: kids watching hours of TV at home daycare
In a new study, the amount of television viewed by many young children in child care settings doubles the previous estimates of early childhood screen time, with those in home-based settings watching significantly more on ...
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Pediatric clinical studies appear prone to bias, Hopkins review shows
A Johns Hopkins review of nearly 150 randomized controlled trials on children — all published in well-regarded medical journals — reveals that 40 to 60 percent of the studies either failed to take steps to minimize risk for ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Study maps need for kids' doctors in rural areas
(AP) -- There are enough children's doctors in the United States, they just work in the wrong places, a new study finds. Some wealthy areas are oversaturated with pediatricians and family doctors. Other parts ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Folk remedies for colic do not work, review says
That nonstop crying of a baby with colic has some parents turning to popular folk remedies. Unfortunately, there's no good evidence they work, according to a review of 15 studies.
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Physicians knowledge of childhood food allergies needs room for improvement
With an estimated four to six percent of children in the U.S. suffering from food allergies, a new study shows that pediatricians and family physicians aren't always confident they have the ability to diagnose or treat food ...
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Socioeconomic status more influential than race in determination of child abuse
An Indiana University School of Medicine study has determined that a patient's socioeconomic status has more influence than race on physician diagnosis of whether a child's injury was accidental or caused by abuse.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Officials confront first US death from swine flu
(AP) -- A 23-month-old Texas toddler became the first confirmed swine flu death outside of Mexico as authorities around the world struggled to contain a growing global health menace that has also swept Germany ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Magazines for women depict babies in unsafe sleep environments
More than one third of photos in women's magazines depicted babies in unsafe sleep positions, according to a new study in Pediatrics. Additionally, the study found that two-thirds of sleep environments depicted in these ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Pediatrics
Pediatrics (or paediatrics) is a branch of medical care that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The upper age limit ranges from age 14 to 18, depending on the country.
A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician (also spelled paediatrician).
The word pediatrics and its cognates mean healer of children; they derive from two Greek words: παῖς (pais = child) and ἰατρός (iatros = doctor or healer).
For more information about Pediatrics, read the full article at
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