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Research supports restrictions on opioid-containing cold medicines for children

5/22/18

Prescription cough and cold medicines containing the opioid hydrocodone are more likely to cause serious side effects in children than those containing codeine, according to a new study from Penn State College of Medicine. The research supports recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) restrictions on prescription hydrocodone- and codeine-containing cough medicines for children and suggests that opioids in general should not be prescribed for coughs and colds in pediatric populations.

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Primary care doctors may be unsure when kids’ bad moods are serious or not

4/5/18

Family medicine doctors and pediatricians are less confident than psychiatrists in their abilities to tell the difference between normal irritability and possibly bigger issues in children and adolescents, according to Penn State researchers. Primary care providers and pediatricians were also more likely to prescribe medications when they thought there was a problem, while psychiatrists were more likely to start with behavioral therapy.

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The Medical Minute: Despite warnings, unsafe infant sleep practices persist

1/24/18

When the weather is cold and the nights are long, new parents can be tempted to put extra blankets in a crib or bring their infant into bed with them. Both practices can lead to death for children under a year old, who do not have the ability to protect their airway and prevent their own suffocation.

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Baby sleeping in same room associated with less sleep, unsafe sleep habits

6/5/17

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends parents keep babies in the same room with them to sleep for the first year to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). But room sharing between babies and mothers beyond the first four months is associated with less sleep for babies and unsafe sleeping practices the AAP is hoping to prevent, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

Dr. Leslie R. Walker-Harding

Dr. Leslie R. Walker-Harding named chair of pediatrics

4/14/16

Dr. Leslie R. Walker-Harding, chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital, has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and medical director of Penn State Children’s Hospital.

Two treatments yield similar results for children after cardiac arrest

5/6/15

Emergency body cooling does not improve survival rates or reduce brain injury in infants and children with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest more than normal temperature control, according to the results of a large scale, multicenter study that included Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

Penn State Hershey part of new report on pediatric cardiac surgery outcomes

2/26/15

Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital is part of a first-of-its-kind report released today on pediatric and congenital heart surgery. The report on pediatric cardiac surgery outcomes is a first of its kind in Pennsylvania, and is the only statewide reporting effort like it in the nation.

Dr. Daniel A. Notterman

Notterman appointed chair of National Institutes of Health review committee

6/4/14

Dr. Daniel A. Notterman, vice dean for research and graduate studies and professor of pediatrics and of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State College of Medicine, has been appointed chair and member of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Initial Review Group’s pediatrics subcommittee.

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