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Children with chronically high blood glucose levels are more likely to show slower brain growth than children with normal glucose levels, a new study has found. Find out the potential impact.
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A new study reports that the percentage of pediatricians using electronic health records (EHRs) has increased from 58% to 79% since 2009, when passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act implemented incentives for adopting EHRs. Discover how comfortable other doctors are with their EHRs
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The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared for marketing the first screening test for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in newborns. How does it work?
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In Contemporary Pediatrics' exclusive interview with Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM, senior vice president, University of South Florida (USF) Health, and dean, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, we asked what steps physicians can take to impact the sobering statistic of 1 in 9 US infants still being born at 37 or fewer weeks' gestation. » More with podcast.
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