AAP: Read to kids from birth

In its first policy statement on literacy, the American Academy of Pediatrics advises pediatricians to encourage parents to read to their children beginning in infancy and continuing until at least entry into kindergarten. » More

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Mediterranean diet leads to fewer overweight kids

Children who eat a diet similar to the Mediterranean diet are 15‰ less likely to be overweight or obese than children who don't, researchers reported at the 2014 European Congress on Obesity. » More

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VIDEO: The backfire effect

Think all your good counsel to parents on the criticality of immunizations can win over caregivers vacillating on vaccinations? Hear what one of the authors of a new study has to say about findings that parents ambivalent or with negative feelings about vaccines actually became less likely to say they’d vaccinate a child after receiving information debunking the myth that vaccines cause autism. Learn how the study’s findings may inform your own communications to hesitant parents. » More with video

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New treatment guidelines for skin infections

Although skin and soft tissue infections can be deadly, most heal by themselves without antibiotics, say new practice guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. » More

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