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Pampers Room Welcomes you at Aziz Mall to Celebrate the Launch of ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Al-Bawaba,Dr. Majed Al Sayed, a Consultant of Pediatrics at Erfan Hospital in Jeddah, said: “Babies don’t just grow up; they grow and develop in stages.

Take My Kid, Please!  -  25 Mar 2008
Washington Post,..."Difficult children have always been around," said Michelle Macias, a professor of pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina who chairs the

Skipping Cereal and Eggs, and Packing on Pounds  -  25 Mar 2008
New York Times,For the study, which appears in the March issue of Pediatrics, the researchers recorded food intake using a well-established food frequency questionnaire

Money for Health Research  -  25 Mar 2008
New York Times,This downturn is quite devastating in pediatrics. While children are 20 percent of the population, barely 5 percent of National Institutes of Health dollars

Health Science Center leader plans to step down  -  25 Mar 2008
Sun-Sentinel.com,A pediatric immunologist, he said he intends to return to clinical practice and teaching on the pediatrics faculty in the College of Medicine beginning July

Angie's List's adds health-care, doctor rating service  -  25 Mar 2008
Journal and Courier,In pediatrics alone, members may choose health care providers in 14 categories, including doctors focused on primary care, cardiology and optometry.

Winning the Bedtime Battle  -  25 Mar 2008
Chester DailyLocal.com,...explained Dr. Kimberly Bay, a pediatrician at Kids First North Hills and chairwoman of the Department of Pediatrics at Chester County Hospital in West

Plastics additive raises safety fears  -  25 Mar 2008
Greensboro News Record,Tracie Yeomans, a medical assistant at Cornerstone Pediatrics in High Point, said she knows of no patients or parents who have raised the issue.

Autism Evaluation  -  25 Mar 2008
WPTV,New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend all children be screened for autism between 18 and 24 months of age.

Decision Day for Emory Docs  -  25 Mar 2008
The Emory Wheel...completed earlier this year, this year’s class will be exploring fields such as anesthesiology, pediatrics and radiology in the years to come.

Navigating the Earache  -  25 Mar 2008
New York Times Blogs,...somewhere between 8.5 million and 9.5 million prescriptions didn’t actually help the children, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

How to choose the best, safest toys  -  25 Mar 2008
Gather.com,Dr. Victoria McEvoy graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1975 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at HMS. She is the Medical Director

FITNESS Q&A: If children are obese, it  -  25 Mar 2008
Lancaster Newspapers,According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, this increase in childhood obesity represents and "unprecedented burden on children's health.

Science and health briefs  -  25 Mar 2008
NewsOK.com (subscription),He was an author of the study, in the March issue of Pediatrics. "It's interesting to note that the kids who eat breakfast on a daily basis overall have a

MMR: parents deserve an answer  -  25 Mar 2008
First Post,Research published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggests there may actually be a connection between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella

Young Mainers respond if confidentiality assured  -  25 Mar 2008
Kennebec Journal,The Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics strongly supports Dr. Daniel Summers' Maine Compass column in the newspaper on Feb.

Vaccine Concerns  -  25 Mar 2008
Today's MGT,...pox a lot and its because they are deferring the vaccines, a lot of the illnesses we forget about and they are bad." Dr. Jason Smith, Primary Pediatrics.

Good News: Study Shows Value of Repeated Parent-Child Talks on Sex  -  25 Mar 2008
CitizenLink,A new study published in the journal Pediatrics suggests repeated discussions with children about sex are more effective than one “big talk.

Angie's List will rate health-care industry  -  25 Mar 2008
Indianapolis Star,In pediatrics alone, members may choose health-care providers in 14 categories, including doctors focused on primary care, cardiology and optometry.

CDC study says at least 1 in 4 teen girls has a sexually ...  -  25 Mar 2008
HULIQ,The American Academy of Pediatrics has similar recommendations. Douglas said screening tests are underused in part because many teens don't think they're at

Park Grad, a Leader in Pediatrics and Hospice Care, to Speak at ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Park University,By Toni Cardarella - March 24, 2008 - 10:20 am Doris Howell, '44, Ph.D., an internationally renowned leader in pediatrics and hospice care, will talk about

Herbal Pediatrics: Raising Young Children Naturally  -  Mar 22, 2008
Westchester.com,Join clinical herbalist and herbal educator Janice Ditchek and discover how the plants, trees and flowers that grow right outside your door can remedy

County Officials, Community Efforts Focus on Underage Drinking  -  Mar 24, 2008
ReadMedia (Press Release),Schodack Internal Medicine and Pediatrics is a member of Community Care Physicians, PC. Community Care Physicians, PC, is a physician-owned,

Newspapers in Education makes the grade in local schools  -  Mar 24, 2008
Rhea County Online,Linda Shell of Dayton Pediatrics, an NIE Platinum sponsor, shared her experience as she visited the classroom with NIE Coordinator Lynne Spivey.

Pediatrics performs well in 2008 resident match  -  Mar 20, 2008
AAP News (subscription)Pediatrics continues to attract medical school graduates in large numbers, according to the resident match conducted on March 20.

Highblood : The PGH in my heart / Corazon P. Padilla  -  Mar 23, 2008
Inquirer.net,The most difficult ward assignments were the Emergency Room, the Male Surgical Ward, the Pediatrics Ward and the OB Ward. In the ER, we had our fill of

Next best to breast  -  Mar 24, 2008
GlobalTV,Not only is this topic one of the most controversial in pediatrics, it's also an emotional issue for many moms who feel guilty when they aren't able to

Wasatch Pediatrics Replaces Tape Backup With A Disk2Disk2Disk ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
Data Storage Connection (press release)This is certainly the case for Wasatch Pediatrics, where 46 physicians provide healthcare to children in Utah’s Davis, Salt Lake, Summit,

Mabry Honored by Kentucky Legislature  -  Mar 24, 2008
UK News,...(March 24, 2008) − Dr. C. Charlton Mabry, professor of pediatrics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics,

ABC show fuels autism debate; doctors concerned  -  Mar 23, 2008
Chicago Methods Reporter,Last week the American Academy of Pediatrics argued there is no scientific data supporting a relationship between vaccines and autism and urged ABC to

A Day in the Life of a Pediatrics Resident  -  Mar 19, 2008
Synapse,Yousef “Dr. Yo-Yo� Turshani is a UCSF Pediatrics Resident. This was written to an old friend who asked for a narrative to describe his workday.

Speech-Language Pathologist -  -  Mar 24, 2008
Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists,Responsibilities include evaluation and treatment of pediatrics, ages 3 and up, and adults with speech, language and swallowing disorders.

Pediatrics staff takes major cut at UMDNJ  -  Mar 16, 2008
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com,Kendell Sprott, acting chairman of UMDNJ's department of pediatrics, said a "fiscal crisis" arising from a large budget deficit was the culprit.

CDC Issues New Shots Schedule  -  Mar 24, 2008
Nurse.com,...for Disease Control and Prevention said in a joint statement with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Pediatrics department faces cuts at UMDNJ  -  Mar 17, 2008
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com,...by South Jersey News Online NEWARK, NJ (AP) -- The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is slashing its pediatric department because of money

We Can! Discover Dance  -  Mar 23, 2008
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,...by UPMC in partnership with the Children's Museum, Children's Hospital, HJ Heinz Co., Children's Community Pediatrics and the City of Pittsburgh.

Iowa Gets $2.1M from NICHD for Pediatrics Scholars Program  -  Mar 12, 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),The five-year grant, called Molecular and Cellular Research to Advance Child Health, will be used by the University of Iowa’s Department of Pediatrics.

Lynn Zaleski Featured on Pediatrics for Parents Podcast  -  Mar 11, 2008
Putnam County News and Recorder (subscription),Garrison resident and writer Lynn Zaleski is featured discussing children's night terrors on the most recent Pediatrics for Parents podcast produced by Dr.

New Pediatrics Study: Black Babies in New York City With Very Low ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
PR-USA.net (press release),...to be born in hospitals with high risk-adjusted neonatal death rates, according to a Commonwealth Fund-supported study in the March issue of Pediatrics.

Winthrop Pediatrics Swim-a-thon  -  Mar 13, 2008
Garden City News,Join us for a day of fun for everyone! Swimmers of all ages are invited to swim laps to raise money for pediatric services at Winthrop.

Calgary-area doctor honoured for his work with children  -  Mar 22, 2008
Anglican Journal,Dr. Haslam was responsible for establishing the department of pediatrics at the University of Calgary. He also served as chief of pediatrics at the Alberta

McDonald Pediatrics introduces doctor  -  Mar 8, 2008
The Newark Advocate,NEWARK -- McDonald Pediatrics added Dr. Shelsea Johnson, who has a special interest in newborn medicine, to its practice in 2007 and introduces her to the

Marshall students recognized for research  -  Mar 22, 2008
Huntington Herald Dispatch,Dr. Waseem Ostwani, a resident in pediatrics, for two projects on childhood constipation and treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants

Fawcett's decision to stop admitting pediatric cases draws concern  -  Mar 21, 2008
Charlotte Sun-Herald,..."I got a phone call from the department of pediatrics and they have discussed it at length in their department meetings," said Dr. Farzana Butt,

Children's Hospital develops asthma action plan  -  Mar 21, 2008
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,To that end, its Division of General Academic Pediatrics is establishing the Asthma Quality Improvement Program at its Primary Care Center in Turtle Creek.

Magnetoencephalography: A Breakthrough Imaging Technique for ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
GNIF Brain Blogger,Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is an imaging technique that is currently being used before resective surgery in pediatric epilepsy patients to determine

Giving 6-year-old milk in baby bottle is not OK  -  Mar 23, 2008
GoErie.com,A "It's definitely not OK to be doing that, for a number of reasons," said Dr. Sara Fitzpatrick, a pediatrician at Grello Pediatrics in West Islip,

Dr. Hugh Sampson '71 Elected President of the American Academy of ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
Hamilton College News,Sampson is professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Med students' March Madness  -  Mar 21, 2008
Iowa City Press Citizen,Couple Chris Streib and Amanda Little tried to find a residency that would be good for both neurology and pediatrics. She and Streib got their first choice

Flanders Fire & Rescue Pediatrics Class  -  Feb 29, 2008
Flanders NJ News,Rescue Company EMS Division, the Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals (PEPP) Course is developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.



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