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In the Journals
November 7, 2014
School building and classroom design significantly influences student learning and achievement, according to study findings published in Policy…
In the Journals
October 16, 2014
Routine vaccination coverage among children in kindergarten was at or near the 95% national Healthy People 2020 target for DTaP…
In the Journals
October 3, 2014
Recent data show shy children who participated in a temperament-based intervention had greater increases in critical thinking and math compared with…
In the Journals
October 2, 2014
Recent data show that antibiotics were significantly overprescribed and incorrectly selected to treat pharyngitis in children from 1997 to 2010…
October 1, 2014
Teenagers who were given free access to a variety of birth control methods, along with counseling about the risks and benefits of each, were…
Industry News
October 1, 2014
Alere Inc. and InDevR Inc. have each entered into a contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services to further development on two…
September 30, 2014
The AAP’s Committee on Adolescence provides updated recommendations on contraception for adolescents in a policy statement recently published…
In the Journals
September 29, 2014
Infants exposed to broad-spectrum antibiotics before age 24 months were more likely to experience early childhood obesity, according to recently…
In the Journals
September 29, 2014
Obese adolescents who participated in aerobic, resistance or combined exercise decreased their total body fat and waist circumference, according to…
Meeting News Coverage
September 29, 2014
Increased concentrations of alpha-defensin
antimicrobial peptides in children during prepuberty may be predictors of weight gain and abdominal fat…