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November 29, 2017
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The Autism, Behavior, and Complex Medical Needs--Downstate (ABC-D) Conference Planning Committee is seeking presentation proposals for the 4th Annual ABC-D Conference, "Lives in the Balance: Caring for Children with Special Needs, Their Families, Their Communities, And Ourselves in These Precarious Times,” scheduled for Friday, May 4, 2018, at the Regency Conference Center in O’Fallon, IL. The conference theme has been determined by current American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) priorities and past participant feedback.

ABC-D Conference participants learn about the broad landscape of services and programs that are available to support children with special needs (including those that have been impacted by trauma and adversity) from birth through adolescence, and develop skills to make effective referrals and partner with other agencies and systems. Each track features sessions that converge with different systems, developmental services, medical interventions, and innovative partnerships that benefit children served across interprofessional groups. More information about ABC Conferences can be found here.

Proposals are due by Monday, December 4, 2017 at 5pm.


For more information, contact Elise Groenewegen at egroenewegen@illinoisaap.com or 312/733-1026 x 204.


 
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The 2018 ICAAP Annual Poster Session will be held on Friday, February 23, 2018 at the Northern Illinois University (NIU) campus in Naperville. The Annual Educational Conference Planning Committee invites pediatricians, fellows, residents, medical students, pediatric nurse practitioners, and other pediatric health care providers to share their expertise in delivering pediatric care in health care settings via a poster session during the conference. Abstracts should focus on topics of relevance and interest for clinical pediatric practice. For more information and to submit an abstract, please view and complete the poster session application. Submissions are due January 22, 2018. Registration for the 2018 Annual Conference will open soon.

 
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Chicago Sun-Times
Emily Cihla was born without cheekbones and without fully formed ears. She had a cleft palate and a jaw so small it couldn’t support her tongue, leaving her unable to breathe. At 17, she has had 15 surgeries to help her eat, hear and speak. Cihla has a rare genetic disorder called Treacher Collins Syndrome that affects only 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 50,000 individuals in the world, according to the National Organization for Rare Diseases.The syndrome, highlighted in the upcoming film “Wonder,” is characterized by abnormal shaping of the head and face — common symptoms include missing cheekbones, short jaws, drooping eyes and misshapen ears.  READ MORE

 
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In a recent FBI operation, 120 suspected human traffickers were arrested across the U.S., and 84 child victims recovered. In 2015, Interpol and other organizations launched Operation Akoma to target traffickers in the agricultural and trade sectors of the Ivory Coast, recovering more than 48 child victims of forced labor exploitation between 5 and 16 years of age. Child trafficking violates basic human rights and constitutes a major global public health problem. It adversely impacts the physical and emotional health of the child; causes grief, trauma and disruption to the family; alters the social cohesiveness of communities; and erodes the basic human rights underlying societies.  READ MORE
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ScienceDaily
A new University of Alberta study shows that the family risk for asthma — typically passed from moms to babies — may not be a result of genetics alone: it may also involve the microbes found in a baby's digestive tract. AllerGen investigator and UAlberta microbiome epidemiologist Anita Kozyrskyj led a research team that found that Caucasian baby boys born to pregnant moms with asthma -- who are typically at the highest risk for developing asthma in early childhood — were also one-third as likely to have a gut microbiome with specific characteristics at three to four months of age.  READ MORE

 
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The Conversation via CNN
When asked to describe a typical child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), most people would describe a young boy who climbs on things, is impatient and does not do what he is told. Few people would describe a bubbly young girl with lots of friends, who works hard to get good grades. It may be, however, that the girl does experience ADHD symptoms that interfere with her daily life -- and that these symptoms are overlooked by the adults around her.  READ MORE
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Medical Xpress
Cutting saturated fat in childrens' diets reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood, a University of Otago study has found. Lead author Dr Lisa Te Morenga, of the University's Department of Human Nutrition, says elevated cholesterol has been linked to cardiovascular disease in adults and preclinical markers of atherosclerosis (the build-up of fats and cholesterol on artery walls) in children which increases risk of cardiovascular disease.  READ MORE
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News-Medical.net
Autism typically involves the inability to read social cues. We most often associate this with visual difficulty in interpreting facial expression, but new research at the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests that the sense of smell may also play a central role in autism. As reported in Nature Neuroscience, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers show that people on the autism spectrum have different — and even opposite — reactions to odors produced by the human body.  READ MORE

 
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