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In 2008, the AAP and the American Heart Association recommended statins for children as young as eight years with high lipid concentrations and for children as young as two years with major cardiovascular risk factors, if weight management, dietary changes, and additional physical exercise were not sufficient to reduce the risk of heart disease ...
The FDA has recommended COVID-19 vaccines for children under the age of five. Here's what doctors have to say about this move, plus who should get it.
U.S. health officials recommends that everyone 6 months and older get an annual flu vaccination. About 44% of adults got flu shots this winter, the same as last winter. But coverage of children is ...
An FDA advisory panel voted to recommend that the Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna be authorized for children ages 5 and under on Wednesday. An FDA advisory panel voted to recommend that the ...
The ACIP was established in March 1964 by the US Surgeon General to assist in the prevention and control of communicable diseases, [2] it recommends licensed new vaccines to be incorporated into the routine immunization schedule, recommends vaccine formulations, and reviews older vaccines to consider revising its recommendations.
According to Andrew Pollard, The Green Book should be "bookmarked" in all child clinics and notes that similar information can be obtained from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. [10] It is a recommended source by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. [11]
New draft guidelines released Tuesday by the US Preventive Services Task Force say that doctors should step in to help these children better manage their weight so they can be healthy.
Spock's book helped revolutionize child care in the 1940s and 1950s. Prior to this, rigid schedules permeated pediatric care. Influential authors like behavioral psychologist John B. Watson, who wrote Psychological Care of Infant and Child in 1928, and pediatrician Luther Emmett Holt, who wrote The Care and Feeding of Children: A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses in 1894 ...