Pediatrics News

The rate of nonmedical use of prescription stimulants is as high as more than 25% in some U.S. secondary schools, a study found.

According to Benjamin Maxwell, MD, the new division chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, responding to pediatric mental health issues often starts in the pediatrician’s office.

The AAP has published an updated version of its policy against tobacco and nicotine products, which includes a recommendation that pediatricians help prevent use among children.

Urinary markers indicated that infants who were fed soy-based formulas had better bone metabolism at 6 months than those fed breast milk or dairy-based infant formula, according to research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

SEATTLE — An epidemiologist whose hospital responded to a recent measles outbreak described how the hospital was able to eliminate patient exposures with an intervention bundle that used electronic medical records.

Older children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes who received intensive diabetes management with automated insulin delivery had no difference in pancreatic C-peptide levels compared with standard care, according to study data.

SEATTLE — The first U.S. cluster of pediatric Candida auris cases was likely caused by shared mobile medical equipment that was not properly sanitized after being used for adult patients, an investigation found.

E-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs must pay $462 million in the largest multistate agreement to date for the company that has been scrutinized for its advertisements and flavors that appeal to youth, according to a press release.

Maternal and newborn exposures to long-term hot and cold temperatures are linked to worse lung capacity in babies, specifically in girls, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Improving the parental mental health and preschool attendance of disadvantaged children reduced socioeconomic differences in their mental health compared with nondisadvantaged peers, an Australian study found.