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Study: Children experience particularly aggressive type 2 diabetes

24 May 2013 11:45:59 CDT

Data on close to 700 pediatric patients with type 2 diabetes revealed that hypertension prevalence increased from 12% to 34% -More-

24 May 2013 11:45:59 CDT

The Institute of Medicine on Thursday released a report urging schools to help children engage in at least an hour of vigorou -More-

24 May 2013 11:45:59 CDT

Dutch researchers looked at 305 4- to 17-year-olds with abdominal pain and found that nearly 80% of them met the criteria for -More-

24 May 2013 11:45:59 CDT

Between 1999 and 2009, the number of bicyclists younger than age 16 who died in a collision with a motor vehicle was lower in -More-

24 May 2013 11:45:59 CDT

One-fourth of about 3,400 adults, teens and parents of school-age children underestimated the calorie content of the meals th -More-

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Researchers used 3-D printing to create a custom splint to support a weak airway that caused a baby boy with tracheobronchoma -More-

24 May 2013 11:45:59 CDT

Better training and tracking and less reliance on shortcuts for decision-making could improve a physician's ability to predic -More-

24 May 2013 11:45:59 CDT

CMS' Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Director Cindy Mann issued a letter to state health departments promoting early an -More-

24 May 2013 11:45:59 CDT

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted 13-5 to approve the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Mod -More-

24 May 2013 11:45:59 CDT

The AAP PROS research network seeks primary care practitioners to join the Adolescent Health in Pediatric Practice study. -More-

24 May 2013 11:45:59 CDT

In partnership with the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and Jockey Being Family, the AAP has developed materials for pedi -More-

24 May 2013 11:45:59 CDT

In observance of Memorial Day in the U.S., SmartBrief will not publish Monday. Publication will resume Tuesday. -More-

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Clarence Birdseye,American inventor, entrepreneur and naturalist -More-