Rose Weldon

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Online Content Editor, Pediatrics @Healio

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Study: Violence against pediatric health care workers largely unreported

Aug 5, 2024 | healio.com | Rose Weldon |Carol L. DiBerardino

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways: 73% of violent incidents went unreported at two institutions. In one pediatric setting, most violent events were associated with guardians or visitors.
Q&A: Stool samples could help diagnose autism early, researchers say

Jul 22, 2024 | healio.com | Rose Weldon |Carol L. DiBerardino

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Children absorb less secondhand nicotine through vapor vs. smoke

Jul 12, 2024 | healio.com | Rose Weldon |Gerard Gallagher

You've successfully added Pediatrics in Primary Care to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways: Most parents who smoke now avoid it indoors around their children. Nicotine absorption was around 83% lower in children exposed to secondhand vapor vs. smoke.
Unstable housing in childhood associated with anxiety in adolescence

Jul 10, 2024 | healio.com | Rose Weldon |Jennifer Southall

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways:Adolescents who experienced housing insecurity reported more anxiety and depressive symptoms compared with their peers. Researchers did not find a trajectory of increasing insecurity over time.
Evidence lacking to support intensive intervention for autism

Jul 8, 2024 | healio.com | Rose Weldon |Kristen Dowd

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways:Researchers expected that higher amounts of autism intervention would produce more effects. Effects from all studied interventions were not statistically significant from zero.
Study: Most concussions in younger children not related to sports

Jul 8, 2024 | healio.com | Rose Weldon |Christine Klimanskis

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Expanding contraceptive services in EDs could reduce unintended adolescent pregnancies

Jul 5, 2024 | healio.com | Rose Weldon |Kristen Dowd

You've successfully added Emergency Medicine to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways: Among adolescents surveyed in EDs, 28.9% reported using no contraception. Few adolescents who were eligible for emergency contraception in EDs ultimately received it.
Q&A: Helping youth with disabilities transition to adult medical care

Jul 3, 2024 | healio.com | Rose Weldon |Jennifer Southall

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Q&A: New pediatric guidance for advanced imaging in ED

Jul 2, 2024 | healio.com | Rose Weldon |Jennifer Southall

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Youth mortality rate widens between US, peer countries, with most deaths among infants

Jul 1, 2024 | healio.com | Rose Weldon |Kristen Dowd

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways:Excess deaths at age 10 to 19 years increased between 2009 (27.5%) to 2019 (35.8%). More than half of the deaths involved infants, reflecting disproportionately high U.S. infant mortality rates.