Contemporary Pediatrics, Digital Edition, May 2011
May 1st 2011Searching for Celiac Disease : Who to test and how to test Concussion in the young athlete : Diagnosis, management and prevention Rejuvenate your practice : Change your attitude and bring joy to your work Dermcase : Fat lip in adolescent boy Puzzler : Ten-year-old-girl with worsening cough Updates : AAP policy statements, Asthma protection, Obesity risks, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Autism, SSTI's
Wrist circumference a marker of insulin resistance in children and adolescents
April 29th 2011Wrist circumference is an easily measurable marker of insulin resistance in overweight and obese children and adolescents and could potentially be used to predict cardiovascular disease risk, according to Italian researchers.
Infant head trauma from abuse doubled during recent recession
April 29th 2011A new study examining the relationship between child abuse and economic hardship shows that severe or fatal head trauma injuries in infants doubled during the recent recession and occurred without any increase in overall traumas.
Patent foramen ovale linked to migraine with aura in children
April 15th 2011There is a significantly higher incidence of patent foramen ovale (PFO) in children with migraine with aura than in children without aura or compared with the general population, according to a study in the Journal of Pediatrics.
Even high normal BMIs in adolescents increase midlife CHD risk
April 15th 2011An elevated body-mass index (BMI) at age 17, even when in the range considered to be at the high end of normal, is strongly correlated with an increased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) by age 40 but has less influence in the development of midlife type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.