The American Academy of Pediatrics said in a letter to the Consumer Product Safety Commission that weighted blankets should never be used for babies.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics said in a letter to the Consumer Product Safety Commission that weighted blankets should never be used for babies.
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Three women share what helped them when bringing home their preemie babies.
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A new study challenges those who care for children to end what researchers say is the common undertreatment of pain in children, starting at birth.
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A new report advises pediatricians to give academic failure the same attention as any other complex problem affecting a child.
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#### What you need to know
Children and young people can have a wide range of life limiting conditions and may sometimes live with such conditions for many years. This guideline recommends that end of life care be managed as a long term process that begins at the time of diagnosis of a life limiting condition and entails planning for the future. Sometimes it may begin before the child’s birth. It is part of the overall care of the child or young person and runs in parallel with other active treatments for the underlying condition itself.1 Finally, it includes those aspects related to the care of the dying.
This guideline was commissioned with the aim to standardise end of life care for infants, children, and young people living with a life limiting condition, and thus promote equity and consistency. Important themes are to involve children and young people and their parents or carers in decisions about their care, facilitate their care in their preferred location (most likely home), and plan for day and night care.
This article summarises the most recent guidance from the recent National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the planning and management of end of life care in infants, children, and young people.2 For a visual summary, please …
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The class is part of a broader effort to shed scientific light on fathers’ roles in child and family well-being.
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I haven't posted anything on Pokemon Go up until now. A University of Michigan teaching hospital is using Pokemon Go in physical therapy to encourage young patients with various conditions to be active. Everyone has differing opinions on Pokemon Go's health application but we can at least acknowledge people are talking about it. Happy to hear people's thoughts on this..