Pediatrics

One of the more exciting parts of the conference has been the ability to sit in and listen to highlighted studies that are selected by the ACR. This press conference features Carol Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Seattle, WA, speaking about her study and answering questions from the audience.

During his presentation, Dr. Carlos Camargo reviewed recent studies on the effects of menarche, menopause, and pregnancy on asthma, and described the implications for patients with asthma.

Dr. Leonard B. Bacharier presented a lecture evaluating evidence-based treatments for wheezing and asthma in childhood and adolescence.

Virtually all asthma starts as episodic viral wheeze. Dr. Bush presented results from the Colt-Ashford Study, a community based, all-comers study of 642 babies born.

The largest safety study performed to date has found that ADHD drugs do not raise the risk of severe heart problems.

Dr. Andrew Bush asked his colleagues to consider the possibility that very early airway hyperresponsiveness, not inflammation, initiates asthma.

Transitioning an adolescent or teenager from a pediatric rheumatologist to an adult rheumatologist can be a very delicate and complicated process. With so many pitfalls along the way, it’s easy to see why this problem has been occurring more and more. The good news? It's a very "fixable" problem.

According to the researchers, many formerly healthy children developed MRSA, an infection which contributed to the overall death toll due to respiratory failure.

Pets can cause a variety of health problems for those with sensitivities but there are environmental changes that can help, according to Dana Wallace, MD, PA, associate clinical professor, Nova Southeastern University.

Everyone knows the risks of heart disease and cancer due to smoking but researchers are looking at the association between smoking and allergic disease.

The array of bacteria in the gut biome in the first six months of life provides protective benefits for the rest of life, according to Larry Borish, MD, FACAAI, professor of medicine at the University of Virginia.

The incidence of allergic disease has risen 50 percent each decade since the 1960s, according to Phillip Lieberman, MD, FACAAI, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (Divisions of Allergy and Immunology) at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine.

In this video, Alex B. Fair, founder of FairCareMD, speaks about how looking for the right health care professional at a decent cost can be a nightmare and explains that FairCareMD can help make the entire process less stressful for everyone involved.

According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the death rates caused by overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade, surpassing the total number of deaths caused by heroin and cocaine combined.

On Monday, President Obama signed an executive order directing the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take measures which will reduce drug shortages.

HCPLive will be providing live coverage from the 2011 ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting starting Saturday, November 5.

Clinicians have reported that influenza vaccination increases autoantibody production and/or disease activity in a significant proportion of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Acid-suppressing drugs are over-prescribed for infants and, far from benefitting them, are doing them harm, argues a commentary in The Journal of Pediatrics.

A school for autistic individuals has had its pupils practice trick-or-treating in preparation for Halloween.

Dr. Pirofski highlights studies presented during the IDSA 2011 conference that address the shedding of oral polio vaccines and the good and bad news related to meningococcal vaccines.