News tagged with pediatrician
Saint Louis University doctors aim to dispel myths about vaccines
Two Saint Louis University pediatricians are leading a Missouri State Medical Association statewide effort to change the way doctors respond to parents' fears of vaccines, and to raise awareness about the importance of getting ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Socioeconomic status more influential than race in determination of child abuse
An Indiana University School of Medicine study has determined that a patient's socioeconomic status has more influence than race on physician diagnosis of whether a child's injury was accidental or caused by abuse.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Researchers reveal darker side of the common cold
(Medical Xpress) -- Human rhinovirus (HRV), also known as the common cold, can be uncommonly serious for certain children, a study led by a Vanderbilt University Medical Center pediatrician shows.
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Study shows updated rotavirus vaccine not linked to increase in bowel obstruction
The rotovirus vaccine was pulled from the marketplace in 1999 after being associated with painful gastrointestinal complications, however, the updated rotavirus vaccines do not appear to increase the occurrence of these potentially ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Few parents recall being told by doctors that their child is overweight
A new analysis of national survey data finds that less than one-quarter of parents of overweight children recall ever being told by a doctor or other health care provider that their children were overweight.
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Study finds inadequate mask use among health care workers early in 2009 H1N1 outbreak
Inadequate use of masks or respirators put health care workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection during the earliest stages of the 2009 pandemic in the U.S., according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Co ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Washington pediatricians receive regular requests for alternative child immunization schedules
Seventy-seven percent of Washington state pediatricians report that they are sometimes or frequently asked to provide alternative childhood vaccine schedules for their patients, according to a new study from Seattle Children's ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Few doctors follow sudden cardiac death screening guidelines for athletes
According to a state survey, fewer than 6 percent of doctors fully follow national guidelines for assessing sudden cardiac death risk during high school sports physicals, researchers said at the American Heart Association's ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 13, 2011 |
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Lower income dads active in their kids' health
Lower-income, urban dads are involved in their children's health and encourage them to exercise and eat healthy foods, reports a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. But these same dads may ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Pediatricians in Appalachia less likely to recommend HPV vaccine
(Medical Xpress) -- Pediatricians in Appalachia are less likely than doctors in other areas to encourage parents to have their children receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, according to a new study.
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Child abuse rose during recession, research says
(AP) -- An increase in child abuse, mostly in infants, is linked with the recent recession in new research that raises fresh concerns about the impact of the nation's economic woes.
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Quality of life for children with ADHD and their families worsens with greater disease severity
The greater the severity of a child's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms, the more negative impacts on the child's health-related quality of life from the perspective of the child and the parent, a new ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 26, 2011 |
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Web startups aim to give consumers more control over their health
When new mom Leah Dillon needed advice for her son's first fever, she wondered where to turn. Recently arrived in Palo Alto, Calif., she couldn't ask neighbors for guidance and wasn't sure if she should page her son's pediatrician ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Policy: Sex abuse by doctors 'profound betrayal'
(AP) -- The nation's largest pediatricians' group has issued its first policy on protecting children from sexual abuse by doctors, citing a recent Delaware case and urging medical facilities to screen employees for previous ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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New book by Indiana University physicians slays health myths we all thought were true
Don't Cross Your Eyes...They'll Get Stuck that Way!, a new book by myth-fighting Indiana University School of Medicine pediatricians Aaron Carroll, M.D., M.S., and Rachel Vreeman, M.D., M.S., debunks the pearls ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Pediatrics
Pediatrics (or paediatrics) is a branch of medical care that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The upper age limit ranges from age 14 to 18, depending on the country.
A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician (also spelled paediatrician).
The word pediatrics and its cognates mean healer of children; they derive from two Greek words: παῖς (pais = child) and ἰατρός (iatros = doctor or healer).
For more information about Pediatrics, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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