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‘A burgeoning field:’ How clinicians are addressing their patients’ growing social needs
Building community partnerships, having community specialists within a care team and using screening tools are all necessary steps to identifying and addressing social needs, according to experts.
Study: No link between COVID-19 and asthma in children
Researchers found no association between a positive COVID-19 test and the development of asthma in children, according to a study published in Pediatrics.
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Multiple biologic treatments safe, effective in children with asthma
WASHINGTON — Physicians have a variety of safe and effective biologic choices for treating children with asthma, according to a presentation at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
Retiring well for today’s physician continues to evolve
How does a physician “retire well”? That answer, unsurprisingly, has been changing over time. Historically, physicians were inclined toward an early retirement, hanging up their white coats in their 50s or early 60s.
New psychiatric symptoms lower in adolescents receiving isotretinoin than previously shown
A large proportion of adolescent patients treated with isotretinoin for acne had a history of a psychiatric diagnosis, but most were not diagnosed with additional psychiatric diagnoses or symptoms during treatment, according to a study.
Rise in cases threatens US measles elimination status, CDC says
A sharp uptick in reported measles cases in the United States during the first quarter of 2024 has raised concerns that the country could lose its measles elimination status, CDC researchers said Thursday.
Q&A: How pediatricians can counsel patients and parents on overdose prevention
Two pediatric addiction medical specialists and a mother who lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning collaborated to write anticipatory guidance that may help pediatricians counsel patients and families on overdose prevention strategies.
Families of very low-birth-weight infants more likely to use mental health care
Parents of very low-birth-weight premature infants are more likely to use mental health care in the first year after discharge from the NICU than families who do not have a premature infant, according to a study.
More hospitalized children avoid ICU with high-flow nasal cannula bronchiolitis treatment
Among pediatric patients hospitalized with bronchiolitis, use of weight-based non-ICU vs. ICU-only high-flow nasal cannula protocols was linked to lower yearly ICU admission rates, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.
Studies show ChatGPT provides reliable information on vaccines, STIs
ChatGPT could help reduce vaccine hesitancy and provide accurate information on sexually transmitted infections, according to two new studies.