Pediatrics
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Parents fall short on infant sleep safety
Parents who change infant sleep practices after nighttime waking often shift to less safe practices than at sleep onset.
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Abortion debate may affect Rx decisions for pregnant women
Enactment of abortion restrictions in a growing number of states could have a chilling effect on therapy regimens in pregnant women and their...
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Airway injuries ‘devastating’ after battery ingestions: Review
Tracheoesophageal fistulae and vocal cord paralyses are the most common. Quick removal of button batteries is key as investigators find the time...
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases keep rising past 100,000
Vaccine booster dose for 5- to 11-year-olds approved in the midst of low interest.
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Exploding e-cigarettes cause traumatic injuries in teens
Nationwide, there were 195 reported explosions and fires involving e-cigarettes in all ages between 2009 and 2016, according to a FEMA report.
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RSV kills 100,000 kids under age 5 a year worldwide
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Cannabis vaping continues its rise in teens
Use of cannabis without vaping declined, but use of other substances also increased among adolescents who vaped cannabis.
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Children and COVID: New cases up by 50%
Vaccinations continue to decline in younger children, while those aged 12-17 reversed a similar trend.
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New law bans infant sleep products linked to 200 deaths
President Joe Biden signed legislation that prohibits the manufacture and sale of crib bumpers or inclined sleepers for infants, due to the risk...
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Low butyrylcholinesterase: A possible biomarker of SIDS risk?
The problem with using these data prematurely is that it will unnecessarily alarm parents that their baby will die, and, to make it worse, be...