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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Children's Cold Remedies Raised Questions for Years |
| Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Children S, Cold, Remedies, Raised, Questions, For, Years, Joshua Sharfstein, Food Drug Administration, American Academy Of Pediatrics, Peter Lurie, Wayne R Snodgrass, Baltimore, Marsha D Rappley, Michael W Shannon, William B Schultz, American College Of Chest Physicians |
| For years, Joshua Sharfstein shuddered whenever he walked down a drugstore aisle lined with cough and cold products for babies and toddlers. |
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| AAP's "Other Report" Endorses ABA as Autism Treatment |
| Published: October 29, 2007, 7:40 pm |
| Tags: Dtt, Functional Analysis, Adult Autism Treatment, Autism Disorders, Aba, Lovaas, Applied Behavior Analysis, American Academy Of Pediatrics |
| blog coverage dealt with the American Academy of Pediatrics report calling for early autism screening for all children, including two screenings before age 2. Good advice. The AAP also issues a second report. However, the AAP's other report went virtually unmentioned amongst news sources, autism bloggers and neurodiversity bloggers. The second |
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| Experts urge autism screening by age 2 |
| Published: October 30, 2007, 11:30 am |
| Tags: American Academy Of Pediatrics, Americanacademyofpediatrics, Autism, Early Autism Screening Encouraged, Earlyautismscreeningencouraged, Experts Want Younger Autism Screenings, Expertswantyoungerautismscreenings, Screening For Autism, Screeningforautism |
| Research, In the NewsIf the American Academy of Pediatrics gets their wish, all children will be screened for autism twice before their 2nd birthday-once at their 18 month check-up and again at the 24 month one. Although there is currently no cure of autism, a developmental disorder affecting 1 in 150 children in the U.S., early intervention |
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| Autism's Gold Standard Intervention - A Note to Dr. R mi Quirion |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 4:25 am |
| Tags: Cihr, Autism Interventions, Nova Scotia, Dr Barbara Beckett, Autism Disorders, Aba, Applied Behavior Analysis, Dr R Mi Quirion, American Academy Of Pediatrics |
| are the two reports of the American Academy of Pediatrics. One report recommended early screening for autism. The other report reviewed some interventions. This quote is taken directly from one of those AAP Reports Management of Children With Autism Spectrum DisordersThe effectiveness of ABA-based intervention in ASDs has been well |
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| Dear Health Minister Clement: Re Autism Gold Standard Intervention |
| Published: November 4, 2007, 1:35 pm |
| Tags: Gilles Duceppe, Gold Standard, Autism Disorders, Aba, Tony Clement, Autism Treatment, Applied Behavior Analysis, American Academy Of Pediatrics |
| its efficacy.This week the American Academy of Pediatrics released two autism reports one dealing with, and setting out recommendations concerning the need for very early diagnosis of autism disorders in children. The other report included a review of the professional literature on autism interventions. In Management of Children With Autism |
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| A Lot Can Change in 10 Years |
| Published: November 5, 2007, 10:11 pm |
| Tags: Baby, Diagnosis, Parenting, American Academy Of Pediatrics, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic, Baby, Children, Education, Family, Health, Love, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Universal Screening |
| screened for autism, per the American Academy of Pediatrics‘ call for universal autism screening, as announced one week ago. I guess it will be noted (I hope it will) that there’s someone with autism in the family. I wonder what it would be like if Jim and I were now the parents of a newborn baby, in a world in which autism is |
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| A Week of Autism on TV |
| Published: November 20, 2007, 7:24 pm |
| Tags: Holidays, Food And Diet, Epidemic, Adulthood, Movies, Stereotypes, Science, Media, Education, American Academy Of Pediatrics, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic, Baby, Children, Family, Health, Love, Media, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Thanksgiving, Universal Screening |
| of autistic persons; the American Academy of Pediatrics‘ recently issued guidelines for universal autism screening in young children; theories linking autism to vaccines or something in vaccines; the latest developments in research to diagnose autism in younger and younger children; facilitated communication. It’s a |
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| In Kids' Medications, A Gap in Knowledge |
| Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Kids, Medications, Gap, Knowledge, Food And Drug Administration, National Institutes Of Health, Donald R Mattison, Richard L Gorman, Dianne Murphy, Elaine Vining, Lisa Mathis, American Academy Of Pediatrics, Ritalin, Alan Goldhammer, Gregory L Kearns, Kansas Cit |
| A decade after the government began trying to ensure that prescription drugs used to treat children work and are safe, doctors still have scant information to guide them when they administer many medications to kids. |
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| A Gap in Knowledge About Kids, Medication |
| Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Gap, Knowledge, About, Kids, Medication, Food And Drug Administration, National Institutes Of Health, Donald R Mattison, Richard L Gorman, Dianne Murphy, Elaine Vining, Lisa Mathis, American Academy Of Pediatrics, Ritalin, Alan Goldhammer, Gregory L Kearns, Kansas C |
| A decade after the government began trying to ensure that prescription drugs used to treat children work and are safe, doctors still have scant information to guide them when they administer many medications to kids. |
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| A Gap in Knowledge About Kids, Medication |
| Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Gap, Knowledge, About, Kids, Medication, Food And Drug Administration, National Institutes Of Health, Donald R Mattison, Richard L Gorman, Dianne Murphy, Elaine Vining, Lisa Mathis, American Academy Of Pediatrics, Ritalin, Alan Goldhammer, Gregory L Kearns, Kansas C |
| A decade after the government began trying to ensure that prescription drugs used to treat children work and are safe, doctors still have scant information to guide them when they administer many medications to kids. |
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| JAMA Article Highlights AAP Autism Reports |
| Published: December 11, 2007, 8:20 pm |
| Tags: Autism Diagnosis, Autism Disorders, Tracy Hampton, Journal Of The American Medical Assocation, Behavior Management, American Academy Of Pediatrics |
| of the Journal of the American Medical Association , includes an article by Tracy Hampton, PhD JAMA. 2007; 298(22):2610 highlighting the recent American Academy of Pediatrics autism reports. In Reports Help Identify and Manage Autism Doctor Hampton highlights the recommendation for early, 18 and 24 month, universal screening and the |
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| New Study on Preventing Autism in Siblings |
| Published: January 3, 2008, 11:32 am |
| Tags: Diagnosis, Baby, Parenting, Siblings, Treatment, Family, Education, American Academy Of Pediatrics, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic, Baby, Children, Family, Health, Infant, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Universal Screening |
| UW launches study to treat infants without symptoms, reports the January 2nd Seattle Post-Intelligencer in an article by Paul Nyhan: The University of Washington launched one of the nation’s first studies on preventing autism in infants Wednesday and will spend the next four years exploring the benefit of intensive and early therapy on the |
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| Pregnancy diet doesn't contribute to food allergies in babies |
| Published: January 14, 2008, 9:01 am |
| Tags: Allergies Not Affected By Maternal Diet, Allergies Not Cause By Pregnancy Diet, Allergiesnotaffectedbymaternaldiet, Allergiesnotcausebypregnancydiet, American Academy Of Pediatrics, Americanacademyofpediatrics, Breast Feeding, Breastfeeding, Childhood Food Allerg |
| so savor this moment: the American Academy of Pediatrics is now saying that if your baby has certain allergies, it's unlikely to have been caused by what you ate or drank while pregnant or breastfeeding. In 2000, the doctors group advised mothers of infants with a family history of allergies to avoid cow's milk, eggs, fish, peanuts and tree |
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| Pediatricians unhappy with Eli Stone |
| Published: January 29, 2008, 5:24 pm |
| Tags: Abc, American Academy Of Pediatrics, Americanacademyofpediatrics, Autism, Eli Stone, Elistone, Vaccincations, Walt Disney, Waltdisney |
| trouble is stemming from the American Academy of Pediatrics, who want the first episode of the series canceled because it feeds into the myth that vaccines can cause autism. In the series premiere, which airs after Lost this Thursday, lawyer-turned-reluctant-prophet Eli Stone argues in court that a flu vaccine made a child autistic. Dr. Renee R. |
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| Eli Stone: ABC Drama premieres misleading program linking vaccines and autism |
| Published: January 31, 2008, 2:09 pm |
| Tags: Health Alert, Health Risks, In The News, Media, Vaccines And Immunizations, Health News, Abc, American Academy Of Pediatrics, Autism, Autism Vaccine Link, Blog, Causes Of Autism, Cdc, Children Immunizations, Criticism, Doctor, Doctors, Dr Z, Ed Zimney, Eli Sto |
| According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, A television show that perpetuates the myth that vaccines cause autism is the height of reckless irresponsibility on the part of ABC and its parent company, The Walt Disney Co., said Renee R. Jenkins, MD, FAAP, president of the AAP. If parents watch this program and choose to |
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