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September 4th 2014See videos that are part of the multimedia publication Reaching Teens: Strength-based…, Edited by Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP, FSAHM and Sara B. Kinsman, MD, PhD. Copyright © 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics
More rotavirus vaccine use leads to less diarrhea-associated healthcare
September 1st 2014As rotavirus vaccine coverage increased from 2009 to 2011, diarrhea-associated healthcare utilization and costs continued the decline that began after the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RV5) and the monovalent vaccine (RV1) joined the recommended vaccine list in 2006 and 2008, respectively.
Does smoking e-cigarettes cut down conventional tobacco use among teens?
September 1st 2014Although some proponents of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) suggest that they may be effective as smoking cessation aids, use of e-cigarettes may actually encourage conventional cigarette use among adolescents.
Physicians to appeal court affirmation of Florida law restricting gun counseling
September 1st 2014The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Florida Chapter and others plan to appeal the recent federal court decision that approves a Florida "gag" law restricting physician counseling and medical record notation about firearm ownership or presence in the home of a patient.
New model emerges for hospital-based pediatric care
September 1st 2014In the mid-1990s, David Monroe, MD, a pediatrician in Columbia, Maryland, remembers having to admit children with common diagnoses such as appendicitis, asthma, and pneumonia to hospitals 30 or more miles away. That was because Howard County General Hospital, the community hospital in Columbia, was struggling to maintain pediatric inpatient care.
Tumor classification using molecular signatures
September 1st 2014Classifying malignant tumors has typically relied on pathologic criteria from the tissue site of origin with histologic and other clinical characteristics of the tumor determining the target and type of therapeutic intervention. This approach to classifying cancer, however, is slowly being rethought.
VIDEO: Declining rate of HPV vaccination in adolescents
September 1st 2014Dr Anne Schuchat, Assistant Surgeon General and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, discusses the recent CDC report on declining humanpapillomavirus vaccine rates in adolescents.
Flu vaccine: This year’s recommendations
August 21st 2014The influenza strains in the 2014-2015 flu vaccine will be the same as last year, which means that children aged 6 months to 8 years who had at least 1 dose of the 2013-2014 vaccine last season will need only 1 dose this season, according to updated recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Electronic tool assesses teen substance use risk
August 14th 2014A simple electronic screening tool that asks adolescents how often they’ve used 8 commonly abused substances in the past year can separate teenagers into 4 clinically significant risk categories to help guide intervention, a new study reports.
AAP addresses adverse effects of toxic stress on kids’ health
August 1st 2014Leaders in pediatrics and others called for deepened emphasis on preventing toxic stress in children at an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) June symposium in Washington, DC, saying biological sciences are now confirming the heavy toll that early adverse experiences take on physical and mental health.