Mommy, I Love You! I don't want a bath right now
I want to stay with you in your room.
Doctornass.com newsletter February 2019
Breast-fed Babies May Be Smarter, Richer Adults, study suggests. (March 2015 The Lancet
Breastfeeding is associated with fewer childhood hospitalizations (February 2015; The Journal of Pediatrics)
Maternal Tdap Vaccination during pregnancy could prevent infant pertussis. (Pediatric News; Oct 2014; Whitney McKnight)
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Supplementation with vitamin D decreases the risk for recurrent otitis media (recurrent ear infections) in young children , according to study data ( October 2013, "Infectious Disease in Children"-journal)
Hot Topics in Pediatrics
- Questions and Answers about the 2009 Swine Flu Epidemic (August 2009)
- Landmark Study published in the British Medical Journal linking MMR vaccine with autism was a hoax; data in the study was fabricated, simply "made up" (January 2011)
- A second dose of the vaccine for meningococcal meningitis (MCV4) is now recommended before college entry (February 2011)
- NYS Department of Health requires vaccination with Tdap prior to sixth grade entry (effective September 2007)
- AAP recommends backward facing car seats until age two (and other evidence based medicine car seat recommendations)
- Infants acetaminophen (Tylenol) preparation is changing. It is easy to be confused (July 2011)
- The FDA issues warning concerning baby gel pain relievers (May 2011)
- Who needs cough medicine? Honey improved URI (common cold) - related cough symptoms (September 2012; Honey improved URI Infectious Disease in Children) Honey should never be given to any child less than 1 year of age.
87 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported for the U.S.
2012-2013 Influenza season 09/2012-03/2013
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Temporal artery thermometers may rival rectal thermometers in the Emergency Dept.
(AAP News April 2013)
ANOTHER REASON TO AVOID ANTIBIOTIC USE
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Howard Nass MD FAAP Pediatrics © 2013