Debora Porter

*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on October 14, 2015.   Taste Buds: Kids Get Cookin’!     Is a three year old child too young to learn how to prepare food in a kitchen? If parents can keep their children safe from the heat and sharpies found in all kitchens, tolerate the frequent messes and occasional tantrums, and show patience as they teach youngsters new cognitive and fine-motor skills, then K J Dell’Antonia and Margaux Laskey say the answer is “no”: [T]here are good reasons to encourage kids in the kitchen at any age. With young children, that early investment pays off — eventually. Older children may not be grateful now, but the time will come when they need to put food on the table, and it will help to know you boil the water before you dump in the pasta. Start now, and you may reap the benefit of a child who can take over dinner once a week or once a month.   Dell’Antonia and Laskey provide five reasons why parents s...

To explore how clinicians in low- and middle-income countries engage and support parents following newborn death. source https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(22)00893-9/fulltext?rss=yes

  While it is still early into the school year, it is time for high school seniors to take their guidance counselors’ advice and prepare for applying to college: Apply early your senior year. The pool of applicants is smaller. It increases the likelihood of acceptance.   Hannah Wyman asked Pittsburgh-area guidance counselors for their best advice for college-bound teenagers. Preparation begins early (a point the College Advisor made in 2016): Q: When should high school students start thinking of college? As early as their freshman year. My advice is: Get to know your school counselor. They are a wonderful resource. Course selection — i.e., college prep courses, AP classes — volunteer work, extracurricular activities, etc. are all extremely important. Q: How should high school students make their application stand out? I strongly advise students to take college prep and AP courses throughout their high school career. Volunteer work is also important. Colleges and...

from University of Medicine and Health Sciences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wqpKwqlJkI via UMHS YouTube Channel

from University of Medicine and Health Sciences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wqpKwqlJkI via UMHS YouTube Channel

When Germs Get In Your Eye By Brian W. Donnelly, M.D., F.A.B.M. AHN Pediatrics Northland     When a child has an eye with redness and discharge (sometimes called “pink eye”), there is often concern about its spread to other children. Doctors are often called upon to prescribe antibiotics to effect a rapid cure, since it usually takes about 5 days for the condition to resolve without treatment. Some people have questioned the efficacy of the antibiotic approach. A recent research paper from the Journal of the American Medical Association addresses this issue. In the study, the children diagnosed with acute infectious conjunctivitis were randomly placed into 3 groups. One group had an antibiotic eye drop prescribed, the other group had a placebo eye drop prescribed, and the third had no intervention. The researchers made sure the placebo had no preservatives, since that kind of ingredient could potentially act as a medication. They found that the children treated with t...

To evaluate the possible non-inferiority of surfactant administration via laryngeal mask airway (LMA) versus endotracheal tube (ETT) in avoiding the requirement for mechanical ventilation in preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). source https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(22)00891-5/fulltext?rss=yes