Debora Porter

To investigate whether prediction equations including a limited but selected number of anthropometrics that consider differences in subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAAT), may improve prediction of the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in youth. source https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(22)00810-1/fulltext?rss=yes

According to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, more than 400,000 children and adolescents (0-19 years) worldwide receive a cancer diagnosis each year, including over 15,000 here in the United States (43 every day). The good news is that new treatments developed by cancer researchers and drug companies have greatly reduced side effects from treatment and improved survival rates, with more than 80% of pediatric cancer patients becoming long-term survivors. (Survival rates vary depending on the type of cancer being treated.) Overall, the incidence of cancer has been slowly declining in the U.S., mirroring the national decline in tobacco smoking in recent years. However, that’s not true of all cancers and all age groups. Incidences of breast cancer, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, thyroid cancer, and testicular cancer have risen dramatically in adults over the last 50 years. Environmentally sensitive cancers, induced by exposure to manmade toxic chemicals in the environm...

To prospectively evaluate the relationship between household income, children’s cortisol, and body mass index (BMI) trajectories over a three-year period in early childhood. source https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(22)00808-3/fulltext?rss=yes

To evaluate the agreement of smartwatch-derived single-lead ECG recordings with 12-lead ECGs for diagnosing electrocardiographic abnormalities source https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(22)00811-3/fulltext?rss=yes

  The American Academy of Pediatrics updated its policy statement last week on “the routine use of influenza vaccine and antiviral medicines in the prevention and treatment of influenza in children during the 2022–2023 influenza season.” The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends annual influenza vaccination of all children without medical contraindications starting at 6 months of age. Influenza vaccination is an important strategy for protecting children and the broader community, as well as reducing the overall burden of respiratory illnesses when other viruses, including severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2, are cocirculating. Any licensed influenza vaccine appropriate for age and health status can be administered, ideally as soon as possible in the season, without preference for one product or formulation over another.   The policy statement’s primary author, Kris Bryant, M.D., says many parents don’t fully appreciate just how severe a disease i...

  A new study published in Pediatrics last month highlights the profound impact of routine childhood immunizations in reducing illness and death from vaccine-preventable infections. Because of safe, effective, and highly accessible vaccines, the researchers estimate that more than 24 million incidences of disease (and likely thousands of deaths) were averted in 2019 alone: Routine immunization reduced the incidence of all targeted diseases, leading to reductions in incidence ranging from 17% (influenza) to 100% (diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type b, measles, mumps, polio, and rubella). For the 2019 United States population of 328 million people, these reductions equate to >24 million cases of vaccine-preventable disease averted. Routine immunization remains an effective public health intervention to avert disease; maintenance of high rates of vaccination coverage is necessary for sustained impact.   The same group of researchers also studied the economic val...

Adam@Home by Rob Harrell ( GoComics.com )               source http://www.thepediablog.com/2022/09/11/sunday-funnies-522/