American Academy of Pediatrics would ban cigarette advertisements altogether
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Bronchiolitis guidelines suggest that neither bronchodilators nor corticosteroids, antiviral and antibacterial agents should be routinely used.
HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The American Academy of
Pediatrics doesn't want children exposed to tobacco ads at all, and wants
to limit their exposure to alcohol marketing and advertisements for
erectile dysfunction drugs and other prescription medications.
Get tips from the pediatric pros on when to call your baby's doctor for common childhood illnesses.
Dr. Matthew Levy, associate professor of clinical pediatrics at the School of Medicine, has been selected as one of this year's Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows.
Title: Pediatricians' Group Urges Flu Shots for All Health-Care WorkersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 9/8/2010 4:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 9/9/2010
AAP calls mandatory shots 'ethically justified, necessary, and long overdue to ensure patient safety'
The American Academy of Pediatrics plans to call for all health workers to be vaccinated. It's the latest group to warn against the flu threat.
The use of spirometry testing, considered key for the diagnosis and management of asthma, is limited among pediatricians and pediatric primary care physicians. Medscape Medical News
Selna Lucille Kaplan, MD, PhD, a longtime leader in the field of pediatric endocrinology who helped build a world-class training program at the University of California, San Francisco, and who served as a role model for women in medicine across the United States, died on July 21, 2010, at age 83.
