Lara Salahi
Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Endicott College
Digital Producer at NBCUniversal Media
Journalist| J- Professor | Editor | Author, "Outbreak Culture" & one on the way | Quadrilingual | 🖊 Let me just write that down
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5 days ago |
medscape.com | Lara Salahi
Clinicians should prioritize genetic testing for young children who show signs of intellectual disability (ID) or developmental delays, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a move intended to improve care and outcomes for families. The clinical report, published in Pediatrics, recommends genome or exome sequencing be used as first-line diagnostic tests in most cases.
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1 week ago |
healthjournalism.org | Lara Salahi
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has adopted a new, broader definition of perinatal mortality — deaths that occur around the time of birth. Until now, perinatal mortality included fetal deaths at 28 weeks of pregnancy or later and infant deaths within the first 7 days. The new definition lowers the threshold to include fetal deaths starting at 20 weeks. Under the previous definition (called Definition I), only about 61% of all perinatal deaths were captured.
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1 week ago |
medscape.com | Lara Salahi
Simultaneous exposure to ozone pollution and high temperatures significantly increases the risk for acute myocardial infarction (MI) among adults in the US, according to a recent study published in Circulation. The findings highlight the dangers of joint environmental stressors even at moderate levels and the importance of timely patient counseling.
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2 weeks ago |
medscape.com | Lara Salahi
Recommending the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to parents of 9- to 10-year-old children allowed clinicians to discuss cancer prevention and avoid the sticky subject of sexual activity that often comes up with older age groups, new research showed. The study, published in Pediatrics, also found that parents were generally open to having their 9- to 10-year-old children vaccinated for HPV.
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3 weeks ago |
medscape.com | Lara Salahi
By the time many children with lingering symptoms of COVID-19 reach Lael Yonker’s pediatric pulmonology clinic, they have likely been told those problems are “just a cold.”“When kids come to me, they’re very frustrated. They often will cry just because I’m listening to them and I’m not questioning whether or not they have long COVID,” Yonker, MD, associate professor of pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said.
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Point-of-care testing is becoming more widely adopted as healthcare providers reevaluate screening and treatment protocols to curb the nationwide surge in congenital syphilis. https://t.co/3waI1EsBF7