Soon, a blood test to detect shaken baby syndrome supriya kashyap kashyap12 April 2017 1:00 PM ISTWashington : A team of scientists has come up with a new medical test that may help identify infants who may have had bleeding of the brain as a...
Which Infants Exposed to Zika Virus Infection in Pregnancy Should Have Eyes Examined Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 July 2017 10:41 AM ISTEye abnormalities in infants from Brazil born to mothers with confirmed Zika virus infection in pregnancy are described in an article published by...
Genetic testing helps detect cause of early life epilepsy : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Aug 2017 11:00 AM ISTA study published in JAMA Pediatrics supports the use of genetic testing, especially with sequencing, as first-line diagnostic method for young...
Protein shown to be predictor of kidney damage in children : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Sept 2017 9:30 AM ISTHigh levels of a protein known as suPAR, which has been shown to be a marker and likely cause of kidney damage, is as reliably predictive in children...
Azithromycin being over prescribed for childhood pneumonia : Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Nov 2017 7:30 PM ISTA combination of two antibiotics is often prescribed to treat community-acquired pneumonia in children but a JAMA Pediatrics study is now showing that...
Breastfeed babies are less likely to have eczema as teenagers : Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Nov 2017 7:10 PM ISTBabies whose mothers had received support to breastfeed exclusively for a sustained period from birth have a 54% lower risk of eczema at the age of...
Should all children be routinely screened for Scoliosis? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Jan 2018 7:31 PM ISTIt’s unclear if all children and teens can benefit from routine screening for scoliosis, according to a new statement from a panel of U.S. medical...
Levetiracetam drug of choice for infantile epilepsy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 Feb 2018 7:20 PM ISTLevetiracetam is the most commonly prescribed drug for U.S. infants with epilepsy but in a study by scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine, it is more...
PPIs and antibiotics in infancy lead to allergic diseases later : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 April 2018 7:30 PM ISTAllergic diseases and asthma have been on the rise over several decades and it is hypothesised that medications that can alter the human microbiome...
No risk of shorter fasting time in pediatric sedation : JAMA Medha Baranwal Baranwal14 May 2018 8:30 PM ISTDuration of preprocedural fasting is not associated with adverse effects in children undergoing emergency department (ED) procedural sedation,...
Vitamin D during pregnancy linked to improved infant outcomes : JAMA Medha Baranwal Baranwal5 Jun 2018 7:10 PM ISTVitamin D supplementation during pregnancy may reduce the risk of small for gestational age (SGA) and improve infant growth without risk of fetal or...
In utero exposure to diabetes increases its risk in offsprings : JAMA Medha Baranwal Baranwal28 Jun 2018 7:28 PM ISTThe offsprings subjected to in utero exposure to type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) versus offsprings exposed to...
