NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While respiratory stimulation with caffeine in very preterm infants with apnea of prematurity reduces rates of impairment at 18 months, the benefits are…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Based on the 2010 American Diabetes Association’s definition of prediabetes, the condition is present in over a third of psychiatric inpatients treated with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Parental fear of hypoglycemia probably blunts the potential benefits of continuous glucose monitoring in children with type 1 diabetes, researchers conclude in a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Oral sucrose remains effective over time for easing pain associated with repeated heel sticks in preterm infants, a new study shows. “Facilitated tucking”…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While first-void urine specimens have been used traditionally to test for Chlamydia trachomatis, newer DNA detection methods produce reliable results using midstream specimens,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) on long-term warfarin therapy, an interruption in treatment more than doubles the risk of death or a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Neither the frequency nor the duration of upper respiratory infections (URIs) in preschoolers are reduced by prophylactic treatment with montelukast, according to the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Profoundly deaf children given bilateral cochlear devices have significantly better spoken language abilities than those given a single implant, according to a report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More children with bipolar I disorder (manic or mixed phase) respond to the antipsychotic risperidone than to lithium or the anticonvulsant divalproex sodium,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sublingual and oral immunotherapy may help some children with milk allergy, but clinical desensitization is quickly lost and systemic reactions occur with oral…