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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 12 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Simon G. Gregory, Ph.D., call Rachel Harrison at 919-419-5069 or email Rachel.Harrison@Duke.edu.   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Induced Or Augmented Childbirth Appears To Be Associated With Increased Risk for Autism   An analysis of North Carolina birth and…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jeffery N. Epstein, Ph.D., call Kathy Francis at 502-815-3313 or email kfrancis@doeanderson.com. To contact editorial author Flaura K. Winston, M.D., Ph.D., call Dana Mortensen at 267-426-6092 or email Mortensen@email.chop.edu. CHICAGO – A study using a driving simulator suggests that…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Viewpoint Highlights     Improved Neonatal Outcomes With Probiotics by Andi L. Shane, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., of Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, and colleagues, propose “that the administration of probiotics to prevent NEC [necrotizing enterocolitis, a gastrointestinal disease] be studied…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Mandy B. Belfort, M.D., M.P.H., call Erin Tornatore at 617-919-3110 or email Erin.Tornatore@childrens.harvard.edu. To contact editorial authors Dimitri A. Christakis, M.D., M.P.H., call Mary Guiden at 206-987-7334 or email Mary.Guiden@SeattleChildrens.org.   Breastfeeding Duration Appears Associated with Intelligence Later in Life…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 22, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Jane M. Garbutt, M.B., Ch.B., call Diane Duke Williams at 314-286-0111 or email williamsdia@wustl.edu. To contact editorial author Edward L. Schor, M.D., call Barbara Feder Ostrov at 650-721-6044 or email Barbara.FederOstrov@lpfch.org.   Parents’ Experiences with Pediatric Retail Clinics Examined  …

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Viewpoint Highlights   The JAMA Network specialty journals are now publishing Viewpoint articles. Below are the Viewpoints to be published July 8 in JAMA Pediatrics.     Advocacy for Research That Benefits Children…An Obligation of Pediatricians and Pediatric Investigators by Scott C….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jill M. Norris, M.P.H., Ph.D., call Dan Meyers at 303-724-7904 or email Dan.Meyers@ucdenver.edu. CHICAGO – Both an early and late first exposure to solid food for infants appears to be associated with the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 1, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Viewpoint Highlights   The JAMA Specialty Journals are now publishing Viewpoint articles. Below are the Viewpoints to be published July 1 in JAMA Pediatrics.     Three Daily Servings of Reduced-Fat Milk…An Evidence-Based Recommendation? by David S. Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D., of Boston…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 1, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, M.D., email anette-g.ziegler@helmholtz-muenchen.de. CHICAGO – Respiratory infections in early childhood may be a potential risk factor for developing type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D), according to a study published by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.   The…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Jerica M. Berge, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.M.F.T, call Caroline R. Marin at 612-624-5680 or email crmarin@umn.edu. CHICAGO – Conversations between parents and adolescents that focus on weight and size are associated with an increased risk for unhealthy adolescent weight-control behaviors, according…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Laura L. Lehman, M.D., call Meghan Weber at 617-919-3110 or email Meghan.Weber@Childrens.Harvard.edu. JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights The excess risk of death from ischemic (due to reduced blood flow), but not hemorrhagic (due to bleeding), stroke in US black children…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Wanjiku F. M. Njoroge, M.D., call Mary Guiden at 206-987-7334 or email mary.guiden@seattlechildrens.org.   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights Differences in parental beliefs and attitudes regarding the effects of media on early childhood development may help explain increasing racial/ethnic disparities…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Frances Fleming-Milici, Ph.D., call Megan Orciari at 203-432-8520 or email Megan.Orciari@Yale.edu. CHICAGO – Hispanic preschoolers, children and adolescents viewed, on average about 12 foods ads per day on television in 2010, with the majority of these ads appearing on English-language…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact Diana L. Miglioretti, Ph.D., call Phyllis Brown at 916-734-9023 or email Phyllis.Brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. To contact editorial author Rita Redberg, M.D., call 312-464-5262 or email mediarelations@jamanetwork.org. CHICAGO – According to a study of seven U.S. healthcare systems, the use of computed tomography (CT)…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Jamie F. Chriqui, Ph.D., M.H.S., call Sherry McGinnis Gonzalez at 312-996-8277 or email smcginn@uic.edu. JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights The association between district and state policies or legal requirements regarding competitive food and beverages (food and beverages sold outside the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Aideen Mary Naughton, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., D.C.H., email aideen.naughton2@wales.nhs.uk. JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights Preschool children who have been neglected or emotionally abused exhibit a range of emotional and behavioral difficulties and adverse mother-child interactions that indicate these children require…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 Asymptomatic Sexually Active Adolescents and Young Adults Should Not Be Screened for Herpes Simplex Virus Hayley D. Mark, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., of The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, suggests that universal screening for herpes simplex virus among asymptomatic adolescents and young adults does…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact Elsie M. Taveras, M.D., M.P.H., call Kory Dodd Zhao at 617-726-0274 or email kzhao2@partners.org. CHICAGO – Racial and ethnic disparities in children who are overweight and obese may be determined by risk factors in infancy and early childhood, according to a…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Brian W. McCrindle M.D, M.P.H, call Matet Nebres at 416-813-6380 or email Matet.Nebres@sickkids.ca. JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights A study by Helen Wong, R.D., of The Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues examined the safety and efficacy of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 27, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Elaina Bergamini, M.S., call Robin Dutcher at 603-653-9056 or email robin.dutcher@hitchcock.org.   Tobacco Brand Placements Decline While Alcohol Placements Increase in Movies Rated Acceptable for Youth Audiences, Study Finds   CHICAGO – An analysis of top box-office movies released in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) MONDAY, MAY 27, 2013 Media Advisory:  To contact George Sam Wang, M.D., call Elizabeth Whitehead at 720-777-6388 or email Elizabeth.Whitehead@childrenscolorado.org. To contact editorial author Sharon Levy, M.D., M.P.H., call David Cameron at 617-432-0441 or email David_Cameron@hms.harvard.edu.  To contact editorial author William Hurley, M.D., call Elizabeth Hunter at 206-616-3192 or…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Alexandra L. C. Martiniuk, M.Sc, Ph.D., please call Maya Kay at +61-410-411-983 or email mkay@georgeinstitute.org.au. JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights A study by Alexandra L. C. Martiniuk, M.Sc, Ph.D., of The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia, and colleagues suggests…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author David Finkelhor, Ph.D., call Lori Wright at 603-862-0574 or email lori.wright@unh.edu.   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Study Updates Estimates, Trends for Childhood Exposure to Violence, Crime, Abuse   A study by David Finkelhor, Ph.D., of the University of…

Editor’s Note: This article is being published Online First to coincide with the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting.   EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 9 A.M. (CT), FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Andrew S. Hanks, Ph.D., call John Carberry at 607-255-5353 or email jjc338@cornell.edu.   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Study Suggests…

Editor’s Note: This article is being published Online First to coincide with the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting.   EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 9 A.M. (CT), FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Emalee G. Flaherty, M.D., call Julie Pesch at 312-227-4261 or email jpesch@luriechildrens.org.     JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Study…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Jonathan I. Silverberg, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., call Richard Bory at 212-523-6069 or email rbory@chpnet.org.     JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Study Suggests U.S. Children Born Outside The United States Have Lower Risk of Allergic Disease   A study…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Jeffrey P. Brosco, M.D., Ph.D., call Lisa Worley at 305-243-5184 or email lworley2@med.miami.edu.     JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Study Examines Relationship of Medical Interventions in Early Childhood and Prevalence of Later Intellectual Disability   A study by…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Aaron Carroll, M.D., M.S., call Mary Hardin at 317-274-5456 or email mhardin@iu.edu.   JAMA Pediatrics Viewpoint Highlights   Medicaid Expansion … Good for Children, Their Parents, and Clinicians   In a Viewpoint, Aaron E. Carroll, M.D., M.S., of the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Steven E. Lipshultz, M.D., call Lisa Worley at 305-243-5184 or email lworley2@med.miami.edu.   Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapies May Be Cardioprotective in HIV-Infected Children, Teens   CHICAGO – Long-term use of highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART) does not appear to be…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Study Examines Relationship Between Pregnant Women’s Hostile Attributes and Early Child Maltreatment   A prospective longitudinal study by Lisa J. Berlin, Ph.D., of the University of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore, and colleagues examined pregnant women’s hostile attributions…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Daniel R. Taber, Ph.D., call Sherri McGinnis Gonzalez at 312-996-8277 or email smcginn@uic.edu. To contact editorial author Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Courtney Bowe at 212-998-6797 or email courtney.bowe@nyu.edu. CHICAGO – A study suggests that states with stricter school…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights A systematic review by Kimberly Hieftje, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, and colleagues examines the type and quality of studies evaluating the effects of electronic media-based interventions that focused on promoting health and safety behavior change in youth….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013 JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights A study by Abby R. Rosenberg, M.D., M.S., of Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, and colleagues suggests that high to severe levels of psychological distress (PD) are common among parents of a child with advanced cancer. (Online First)   The cohort study…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Jarod P. McAteer, M.D., of Seattle Children’s Hospital call Mary Guiden at 206-987-7334 or email Press@SeattleChildrens.org. CHICAGO – A review of the available medical literature suggests that data on experience-related outcomes in children’s surgery are limited and vary widely…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   A study by Jeannette A. Rogowski, Ph.D., of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, and colleagues suggests nurse understaffing in US neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) is associated with higher rates of nosocomial infections among…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights A search of available medical literature by Lori J. Bechard, M.Ed., R.D., L.D.N., of Boston Children’s Hospital, and colleagues suggests that childhood obesity may be a risk factor for higher mortality in hospitalized children with critical illness, cancer diagnoses or…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights A randomized controlled clinical trial by Maureen E. Lyon, Ph.D., of the Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, and colleagues examined the efficacy of family-centered advance care planning (ACP) for adolescents with cancer. (Online First)   The clinical trial included 60…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Study Analyzes Relationship Between Suctioning, Length of Stay in Infants with Bronchiolitis   A study by Grant M. Mussman, M.D., and colleagues at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, suggests that the use of deep suctioning in the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Soccer Program Associated with Increased Activity in Students With Higher BMI Kristine Madsen, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues examined the effect of the community-based, after-school soccer and youth development program, America SCORES, on students’…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Renee E. Sieving, R.N., Ph.D., F.S.A.H.M., call Miranda Taylor at 612-626-2767 or email tayl0551@umn.edu.   CHICAGO – More consistent use of condoms, oral contraception or both was reported by a group of teenage girls who took part in a youth…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Steve W. Turner, M.D., email s.w.turner@abdn.ac.uk. To contact editorial author Kai-Håkon Carlsen, M.D., Ph.D., email k.h.carlsen@medisin.uio.no.   CHICAGO – A study in Australia suggests that reduced lung function in infancy was associated with wheezing beyond childhood at 18 years…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Study Examines Intimate Partner Violence, Maternal Depression Nerissa S. Bauer, M.D., M.P.H., and colleagues from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, examined the association between parent reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) and depressive symptoms within the first…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Aaron S. Kelly, Ph.D., call Caroline Marin at 612-624-5680 or email crmarin@umn.edu. To contact editorial author Jeffrey B. Schwimmer, M.D., call Debra Kain at 619-543-6163 or email ddkain@ucsd.edu. CHICAGO – Preliminary evidence from a clinical trial suggests that treatment…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Analysis, Historical Perspective on Migraine Therapeutics in Adolescents Haihao Sun, M.D., Ph.D., of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Md., and colleagues conducted a systematic review and analysis of trial data submitted to the FDA to identify…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Meta-Analysis Examines Pharmacologic Treatment of Pediatric Headaches In a meta-analysis, Khalil El-Chammas, M.D., of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and colleagues reviewed available medical literature to assess the effectiveness of prophylactic headache treatment (to reduce the severity or…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Darios Getahun, M.D., Ph.D., call Sandra Hernandez-Millett at 626-405-5384 or email sandra.d.hernandez-millett@kp.org or call Vincent Staupe at 415-318-4386 or email vstaupe@golinharris.com. CHICAGO – A study of medical records at the Kaiser Permanente Southern California health plan suggests the rate…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights   Undervaccination in Managed Care Organizations in the United States Jason M. Glanz, Ph.D., of the Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, and Colorado School of Public Health, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study of more than…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2013   JAMA Pediatrics Study Highlights Approximately 70 percent of elementary school-age children met physical activity guidelines, and nearly 54 percent met screen-time viewing guidelines, but fewer than 4 in 10 children met both recommendations concurrently, according to a review of data from 1,218 children age…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Jay G. Berry, M.D., M.P.H., call Rob Graham or Erin Tornatore at 617-919-3110 or email Rob.Graham@childrens.harvard.edu or erin.tornatore@childrens.harvard.edu. To contact editorial author Julia A. McMillan, M.D., call Kim Hoppe at 410-502-9430 or email khoppe1@jhmi.edu. To contact editorial corresponding author Steven M….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Randall S. Burd, M.D., Ph.D., call Jennifer L. Stinebiser or Emily Hartman at 202-476-4500 or email JStinebi@childrensnational.org or EHartman@cnmc.org. CHICAGO – Inpatient bariatric procedures among adolescents appear to have plateaued since 2003 to about 1,000 procedures annually, and the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012   Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights Inpatient bariatric procedures among adolescents appear to have plateaued since 2003 to about 1,000 procedures annually, and the preferred type of operation has changed to minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures from open procedures (Online First, see news…

FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Arthur L. Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H., call Warren Robak at 310-451-6913 or email robak@rand.org. CHICAGO – While parents and caregivers reported that a web-based triage tool for children with influenza-like illness was easy to understand and use, the tool’s underlying mathematical…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Kendrin Sonneville, Sc.D., R.D., call Erin Tornatore at 617-919-3110 or email erin.tornatore@childrens.harvard.edu. CHICAGO – Overeating and binge eating may be associated with initiating use of marijuana and other drugs in a study of adolescents and young adults, according to a study…