Should we treat strep in kids younger than age 3?
July 1st 2014It is widely accepted in the medical community that the presentation of pharyngitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes in children aged younger than 3 years is rare and does not require treatment because there is no risk of rheumatic heart disease.
Probiotic moderates diarrheal and RTI episodes
June 1st 2014Used as a prophylactic, Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 significantly reduced the risk of developing diarrhea or a respiratory tract infection (RTI) in healthy, 6-month-old to 36-month-old children who attended daycare, a study conducted in Mexico showed.
Eating disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults
June 1st 2014Eating disorders are severe conditions that affect children, adolescents, and young adults with increasing frequency. These disorders carry a high medical and psychiatric morbidity, with a standardized mortality ratio for anorexia nervosa (AN) of 6 and for bulimia nervosa (BN) of 2.
Patches of disorganized cortex are associated with autism
June 1st 2014Investigators examined the neocortical architecture of the cortex of children with autism using postmortem analysis of the expression patterns of 25 cortical genes in 11 children aged from 2 to 15 years with autism and comparing them with the patterns of 11 children without autism.
Foodborne illness places heaviest burden on youngest kids
June 1st 2014With the incidence of 9 major foodborne diseases not changing significantly since 2006-2008, according to a new preliminary report for 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says more needs to be done for prevention.
Posttraumatic lesion persists on child’s forearm
June 1st 2014A worried mother brings her 2-year-old boy to your office for evaluation of an asymptomatic skin eruption that has been present for 2 months. The lesion developed 6 months after he sustained an abrasion to the same site when he fell on concrete steps.