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November 21, 2013

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Too many GERD diagnoses in those too young?

A new study raises a question about whether too many antireflux procedures (ARP) are performed on children during a period of infancy when frequent regurgitation is normal and when already ambiguous measures of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are difficult to interpret at best. » More

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New law encourages epinephrine in schools

President Obama recently signed into law the School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act to enable school personnel to better react to children having emergent asthma attacks or severe allergy reactions. » More

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Parents’ pics of kids can reveal retinoblastoma

Amateur photographs taken with equipment no more specialized than a digital camera or smartphone can detect retinoblastoma in children’s eyes early in the course of disease. » More

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PODCAST: Help for adolescents with substance use disorder

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Trying to reach the addicted adolescent or young adult in denial about his or her problem? Listen to our podcast interview with Timothy Wilens, MD, Director of Substance Abuse Services and Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, who provides tips from Mass General’s ARMS program on how to make the connection that spurs these patients into the addiction treatment process—and how, surprisingly, parents can often be key gatekeepers to that engagement. » More with podcast

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A new key to unlocking SIDS

Infants who die suddenly and unexpectedly, in what are considered to be safe and unsafe sleeping situations, have something in common—an underlying brainstem abnormality, according to recent research. » More

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