Pediatrics Experts & Viewpoints

Does Early Nutritional Intervention Prevent Development of Atopic Disease in Infants? The AAP's Committee on Nutrition and Section on Allergy and Immunology weighs in on early nutritional intervention in the January 2008 issue of Pediatrics.
Commentary, May 2008
Infectious Syphilis: The Return of an Epidemic An infectious syphilis epidemic returns to challenge public health. As past becomes present, what do clinicians need to know about this sexually transmitted infection?
Expert Column, May 2008
What Are the Risks of Contracting MRSA From Domesticated Animals? Is there a risk of contracting MRSA from domesticated animals? An expert answers a reader's question about disease transmission from animals to humans.
Ask the Expert, May 2008
Icyou: How Social Media Is the New Resource for Online Health Information Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, Medical Editor, Icyou.com, Charleston, South Carolina, describes another promising use of the health Internet.
Commentary, May 2008
Retirement May Be Hazardous to Your Health Retirement may be hazardous to your health.
Commentary, May 2008
Insulin Pump Safety Dr. Anne Peters is a big fan of insulin pumps, but they are not for everybody, as she discusses in this videoblog.
Commentary, May 2008
Congress Passes Genetic Privacy Bill In this videoblog, Dr. Eric Topol updates us on some of the details and discusses what this might mean for the future if it is signed into law.
Commentary, May 2008
Does Honey Relieve Cough in Children? A study in the December 2007 issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine finds that honey may be an inexpensive and safe treatment for cough in patients older than 2 years old.
Commentary, May 2008
Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Sinusitis A study in the December 5, 2007, issue of JAMA looks at whether antibiotics and nasal steroids are effective in the treatment of acute sinusitis.
Commentary, May 2008
Newly Published Guidelines for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Pediatric patients meet the same symptomatic diagnostic criteria as adults in bipolar disorder and suffer similar significant impairment.
Commentary, May 2008

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According to a recent study, authors inconsistently disclose and journals inconsistently publish conflicts of interest. The study authors say it is difficult to tell whether authors intentionally fail to disclose a conflict or journals are not asking for or not publishing it. Do you think the disclosures in most journals are or are not reliable?

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Does Early Nutritional Intervention Prevent Development of Atopic Disease in Infants? The AAP's Committee on Nutrition and Section on Allergy and Immunology weighs in on early nutritional intervention in the January 2008 issue of Pediatrics.
Commentary, May 2008

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