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Pediatrics

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NEWS:

5 Tantrum Red Flags: Warning Signs Your Child's Tantrum Might Signal a Mental Health Disorder

Amount of exercise, not intensity, important for BP lowering in kids

Children May Need 90 Minutes of Physical Activity Per Day "International guidelines for physical activity for children should be increased to 90 minutes per day, according to the results of a cross-sectional study reported in the July 22 issue of The Lancet."

Children 'must not wait for loo' "Signs that a child may have a UTI include needing to go the toilet frequently, pain when they go, tummy pain and unpleasant smelling urine. This may be accompanied by more general symptoms such as fever, vomiting, tiredness and irritability, and these are what parents and doctors should look for in infants and very young children who cannot explain the kind of discomfort they are in."

Circumcision Debate: Yes or No?

Date-Rape Drug Spurs Aqua Dots Recall "More than 4 million Aqua Dots craft kits are being recalled after two children slipped into a coma and were hospitalized after swallowing beads in the Aqua Dots craft kits. The craft kits allow kids to create various multidimensional designs using small colored beads. The beads fuse together when sprayed with water. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) advises consumers to take the recalled Aqua Dots away from children immediately. In the body, the chemical coating on the beads converts into the so-called "date-rape drug" GHB, CPSC spokeswoman Patty Davis tells WebMD. "

Early teaching, persistence improve early learning "Encouraging babies to be persistent in their behavior and providing lots of stimulus can help improve their learning ability, researchers said. Many parents already use educational toys, videos and flashcards to help their children's budding brains develop. But scientists in the United States found that mothers who teach their babies simple tasks and encourage their children to persist in doing them aided their cognitive development."

Gesturing helps grade-schoolers solve math problems: Using the hands to explain things may tap into knowledge kids can’t otherwise articulate "Are math problems bugging your kids" Tell them to talk back – using their hands. Psychologists at the University of Chicago report that gesturing can help kids add new and correct problem-solving strategies to their mathematical repertoires. What’s more, when given later instruction, kids who are told to gesture are more likely to succeed on math problems. … The findings extend previous research that body movement not only helps people to express things they may not be able to verbally articulate, but actually to think better. At the same time, gesturing offers a potentially powerful new way to augment the teaching of math. Strategies for math problems have focused on externalizing working memory, such as writing things down in certain ways. However, children often find it hard to recall and use those strategies. Gesturing may be more accessible, and help break through the roadblock."

Having Elevated Risk Factors in Young Adulthood Significantly Raises Risk of Coronary Calcium Later On

Infants Who Wheeze with Common Cold More Likely to Progress to Asthma "Infants who wheeze when they are infected with rhinovirus are more likely to have a diagnosis of asthma by the time they are 6 years old, according to investigators who presented their findings here at the 63rd annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology."

Kids who get less sleep weigh more, study finds

Kids With Healthy Self-Esteem Less Materialistic

Landmark Study Sheds Light on Brain Development in Healthy Children "Proficiency for most tasks improved dramatically between age 6 and 10 years and then leveled off during early adolescence (age 10 to 12 years), suggesting that children approach adult levels of ability to perform many neurocognitive tests."

To Raise Baby Einsteins, TLC Will Suffice

Toddlers 'ill' from too much salt "The average four-year-old ate 4.7g a day, which is way above the 2-3g recommended for this age group, the Journal of Human Hypertension reports. Each extra gram eaten raised blood pressure significantly. This increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Experts warned parents to look out for hidden salt in foods."

ARTICLES:

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Health Tip: When Babies Spit Up

Managing temper tantrums: Advice from a Mayo Clinic specialist

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Associations between Media Viewing and Language Development in Children Under Age 2 Years (JPeds 2007) "Further research is required to determine the reasons for an association between early viewing of baby DVDs/videos and poor language development."

[Blood pressure of children and adolescents in Beijing] (Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi. 2007)

Do Childhood Sleeping Problems Predict Obesity in Young Adulthood? Evidence from a Prospective Birth Cohort Study (American Journal of Epidemiology 2007)

Does Swaddling Reduce Excessive Crying in Infants? (Medscape Pediatrics. 2007)

High Blood Pressure Trends in Children and Adolescents in National Surveys, 1963 to 2002 (Circulation 2007) "Conclusions—HBP and pre-HBP in children and adolescents are on the rise. These new findings have implications for the cardiovascular disease public health burden, particularly the risk of a new cardiovascular disease transition. They reinforce the urgent call for early prevention of obesity and HBP and illustrate racial/ethnic disparities in this age group."

Hydration in children. (J Am Coll Nutr. 2007) "Pediatricians agree that hydration in children may be optimal only in breastfed infants. More data are required on the health effects of different hydration states and varying water intakes in particular age and gender groups to define optimal ranges of water intake. The fetus grows in an exceptionally well-hydrated environment. Water metabolism shows several peculiarities in preterm and term infants. Infant diarrhea remains a major topic of basic and clinical research. Water intoxication in infants, toddlers, and children is rare and can only be found in exceptional circumstances. Hydration status characterized by hyponatremia may play a role in the pathogenesis of febrile convulsions in toddlers."

Lower bone mineral content in hypertensive compared with normotensive overweight latino children and adolescents. (Am J Hypertens. 2007)

Making Children Gesture Brings Out Implicit Knowledge and Leads to Learning (JEP: General 2007)

Mastery of Early Math and Reading Skills by Kindergarten Linked to Better School Performance Later

Avandia May Raise Osteoporosis Risk

Physical fitness in childhood and adolescence: a powerful marker of health. (Int J Obes (Lond). 2007)

Prevalence of Hypertension and Pre-Hypertension among Adolescents. (J Pediatr. 2007) "CONCLUSIONS: Application of new classification guidelines for adolescents with elevated BP reveals approximately 20% are at risk for hypertension."

School-based physical activity and changes in adiposity (International Journal of Obesity (2007)) "Discussion: Higher levels of school PE were associated with lower gains in adiposity in boys. This strengthens the case for including recommendations on school PE time as part of population strategies to control adolescent obesity. "

Systolic Blood Pressure in Childhood Predicts Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome Later in Life (PEDIATRICS 2007) "CONCLUSION. Children with systolic blood pressures above the criterion values established in this longitudinal study are at increased risk of hypertension and the metabolic syndrome later in life."

What do childhood anxiety disorders predict? (J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2007) “Conclusions: Anxiety disorders in childhood are predictors of a range of psychiatric disorders in adolescence.”

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