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Health care providers need to target unhealthy behaviors as seriously as physical risk factors in disease prevention, according to a forthcoming advisory statement from the American Heart Association.
<p style="font-weight: bold;">ABSTRACT: Pediatricians can help guide the families of children with an autism spectrum disorder through the maze of interventions, toward the goal of optimizing these children's potential for a productive, independent, brighter future. This requires an awareness of local resources, smart use of published information, partnership with educational and therapeutic agencies as well as families, and the willingness to be an advocate and provide a medical home. Keeping track of their child's progress in school and knowing when to engage health insurance and Medicaid can also benefit these families. Connecting families to regional institutions' training programs may help reduce the cost of researchbased interventions.</p>
Recent research has indicated that, despite successful antiviral therapy, liver transplantation candidates with hepatitis C virus and alcoholic liver disease may still experience worse outcomes with continued alcohol use.
Primary Care BlogThere’s probably not a physician in practice who hasn’t had a patient come to the office with a briefcase or an iPad loaded with information that they have downloaded from the Internet and want to ask you to review their research and ask for your opinion.
Previous research has shown that lack of sleep and obesity increases cardiovascular and metabolic disease in adults and young children. New research studies the impact on adolescents.
Making improvements in HIV diagnosis and retention in care is as important as reducing high-risk sexual and drug use behaviors in terms of cutting the number of HIV transmissions in the United States, according to new research.
<p><span>There is no consensus on how best to adjust medication dosage for obese children, the authors of a new systematic review conclude.</span></p>
Approximately 70% of pregnant women experience pelvic girdle pain (PGP). Therefore, the American Physical Therapy Association has released a new guideline with recommendations for PGP management.
Findings from a new study suggest there is a useful psychological treatment to help patients deal with chronic insomnia.
Researchers explored the accuracy of traditional flu surveillance and the concern that it misses many asymptomatic cases in a new analysis.
<p><span>A long-term histrelin implant effectively and safely suppresses gonadotropin in children with central precocious puberty, according to new research.</span></p>
The CDC lists Alzheimer's as the 6th leading cause of death in the US, but new research suggests that a more accurate appraisal would put Alzheimer’s closer to the top 2 spots.