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ICAAP
ICAAP will host the 8th Annual ABC (Autism, Behavior, and Complex Medical Needs) Conference "Lives in the Balance: Caring for Children with Special Needs, Their Families, Their Communities, And Ourselves in These Precarious Times" on Friday, November 17, 2017 at Moraine Business and Conference Center in Palos Hills, IL.
Early bird exhibitor registration will end after July 31, and capacity is already nearing 70%. Take advantage of the lower rate and secure your spot before spaces are sold out! By exhibiting at this conference, you will interact with over 250 pediatricians, family physicians, allied healthcare professionals, and community service providers (home visitors, Early Intervention professionals, child care providers, social workers, and special education providers) who would benefit from knowledge of/making referrals to your services, and using your products with their patients, clients, and families.
For more information about the conference and the exhibitor opportunity, please see the exhibitor prospectus, visit the conference website, or contact José Muñoz at jmunoz@illinoisaap.com or 312/733-1026 x211.
Lurie Children's Hospital and AAP
This event, sponsored by Lurie Children's Hospital and the AAP Section on Critical Care, is designed to educate attendees on the latest clinical and research advancements in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The conference will be held September 15-17. Early bird registration rates end August 15. For more information, view the conference website.
Reuters
Illinois became the first state in the country on Tuesday to enact a law requiring insurers to cover medical treatment for two pediatric autoimmune disorders. Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed "Charlie's Law," which will provide coverage for treatments for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Strep (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS). READ MORE
Herald & Review
Bed bugs, once nearly extinct in the United States, have come scurrying back in greater numbers — and Central Illinois has been one of their landing spots. In hotels, apartment buildings, homes, restaurants, churches, libraries, movie theaters, taxis, storage sheds, schools, workplaces — the small, flat, brown bugs with the big bite are back, and they’re everywhere. READ MORE
HealthDay News
Babies' diapers may hold clues to their brain development, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed fecal samples from dozens of 1-year-olds and assessed their thinking (cognitive) skills a year later. The results revealed a link between certain types of microbes in the infants' feces and higher levels of brain development at age 2. READ MORE
News-Medical.net
After more than 20 years of research on the best treatment for full-term infants affected by oxygen deprivation during the birthing process, Seetha Shankaran, M.D., neonatologist at DMC's Children's Hospital of Michigan and Hutzel Women's Hospital, served as the lead investigator in a definitive Journal of the American Medical Association study that documented the safest depth and duration of body-cooling to minimize injury from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in newborns. READ MORE
Florida State University
A Florida State University researcher is working with art therapists to find better ways to treat children who have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Theresa Van Lith, assistant professor of art therapy in FSU’s Department of Art Education, led a study that surveyed art therapists working with children with ASD to develop a clearer understanding of their techniques and approaches. The study was published this month in the journal Arts in Psychotherapy. READ MORE
Medical Xpress
If you're up in the middle of the night putting your child's soaked-through bed sheets and pajamas into the washing machine again, you might be wondering how long until you don't have to do this anymore. For most children, bedwetting and daytime accidents are just a passing phase, but for some, there is an underlying urinary incontinence issue that should be checked out by a pediatric urologist. READ MORE
Stanford University School of Medicine
Small reductions in childhood measles vaccinations in the United States would produce disproportionately large increases in the number of measles cases and in related public health costs, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine. READ MORE
Medical News Today
Nutrition advice aimed at children also improves parents' diets, according to research published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. "Diets high in unsaturated fat and low in saturated fat have been associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular events and death in adults," said lead author Dr Johanna Jaakkola, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Turku, Finland. "Very little is known about the long-term effects of nutrition advice for children on the diets and health of parents." READ MORE
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