Pediatric News articles from November 2003

Pediatric News archives from November 2003

Flu vaccine finally recommended: 6-to 23-month-old children.(News)
November 1, 2003... ATLANTA -- Influenza vaccine for all 6-to 23-month-old children and their household contacts will officially move from "encouraged" to "recommended" beginning in September 2004. The decision, made at a meeting of the Centers for Disease...

Stop recurrent wheezing with clarithromycin: treats underlying disease: long-term reduction in recurrences maybe due to drug's anti-inflammatory effect.(News)
November 1, 2003... CHICAGO -- Two weeks of clarithromycin brings long-term improvement in children with recurrent wheezing and nonallergic bronchospasm, according to the findings of a randomized, double-blind trial. It's unclear, however, whether the...

One swab is enough for rapid strep throat test: yields highly reliabel results: there is no need for two swabs, culture.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... CHICAGO -- One throat swab is enough when using the optical immunoassay rapid strep throat detection tests, Dr. Elias Ezike reported at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy sponsored by the American...

Antibacterial cleaning products don't promote drug resistance: survey of U.S., U.K. homes.(News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... BETHESDA, MD. -- The use of antibacterial cleaning products in the home doesn't appear to promote resistance to antibiotics, Eugene C. Cole, Dr.P.H., said in a poster presentation at the annual conference on antimicrobial resistance sponsored...

Age affects clinical presentation of influenza: key symptoms useful in differential Dx.(News)
November 1, 2003... CHICAGO -- A temperature of 100.4[degrees]F or higher is clinically useful in differentiating influenza from other flu-like illnesses, but significantly more so in patients aged 19 years or older than in children and adolescents, Dr. Dominick...

New immunization policy recommendations issued: addressing challenges.(News)(National Vaccine Advisory Committee)
November 1, 2003... Newly issued recommendations and standards for immunization present pediatricians, with updated guidance and tools to meet the ongoing challenge of achieving universal vaccination, a goal that was set in 1977 but has yet to be reached. ...

Yearly outbreaks of West Nile Virus appear likely: 2003 as severe as 2002.(News)
November 1, 2003... SAN DIEGO -- This year's West Nile virus epidemic in the United States does not bode well for future years, Dr. Anthony A. Martin said at a conference sponsored by the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. This year's outbreak has been as...

RSV viral load may predict clinical severity of infection: newer dectection tests.(News)(respiratory syncytial virus)
November 1, 2003... CHICAGO -- A high load of respiratory syncytial virus in symptomatic young infants predicts more severe clinical disease, Dr. Joseph P. DeVincenzo reported at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. ...

Report flu-associated encephalopathy in children to CDC: many cases seen in Japan, some in U.S.(News)
November 1, 2003... ATLANTA -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking for cases of influenza-associated acute encephalopathy in children. Since the mid-1990s, several hundred cases of acute encephalopathy have been reported in Japanese...

ACIP's approach to Prevnar shortage criticized: caused confusion among practitioners.(News)(Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices)
November 1, 2003... ATLANTA -- In hindsight, the conjugate pneumococcal vaccine shortage could have been handled a bit better. That was the general consensus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at...

No major worries for flu vaccine, despite scant data: 6- to 23-month-olds.(News)
November 1, 2003... ATLANTA -- Available safety data on the use of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in 6- to 23-month-old children are "limited but reassuring," Dr. John Iskander said at a meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory...

Azithromycin can clear pertussis pathogen quickly: but symptoms persist.(Infectious Diseases)
November 1, 2003... CHICAGO -- Five days of azithromycin is a highly effective and well-tolerated treatment regimen for rapid eradication of Bordetella pertussis in ill children and adults, Dr. Michael E. Pichichero reported at the annual Interscience Conference...

Pertussis booster in teens may prevent over 68,000 cases: strategic analysis.(Infectious Diseases)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... CHICAGO -- Modeling suggests routine administration of a booster dose of pertussis vaccine to adolescents would be a highly cost-effective strategy, Dr. J. Jaime Caro reported at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and...

Adjuvants no help for AOM.(Clinical Capsules)(acute otitis media)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Five days of corticosteroid and/or antihistamine treatment in addition to antibiotics failed to provide added benefit in children aged 3 months to 6 years with acute otitis media. It was hypothesized that such supplemental therapy might improve...

Hepatitis A vaccinations.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Healthy children who receive the hepatitis A primary vaccination course develop long-term immunity and do not require booster vaccination, an international consensus panel concluded. Available data included 100% seropositivity at 60 months'...

Varicella vaccine curbs disease.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Vaccination coverage for children aged 19-35 months reached 57% in Illinois, 73% in West Virginia, 77% in Michigan, and 84% in Texas in 2001, likely contributing to the reduced incidence of varicella, ranging from 0.3 to 0.9 cases per 1,000...

9-valent pneumococcal vaccine.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... A 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine reduced the incidence of first episodes of invasive pneumococcal disease caused by penicillin-resistant pneumococci by 67% in 39,836 African children, said Keith P. Klugman of the University of the...

Add steroids for Kawasaki.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Intravenous gamma globulin therapy plus corticosteroids reduced circulating levels of inflammatory cytokines in children with Kawasaki disease more effectively than IVGG alone, said Dr. Yasunori Okada of Gunma University in Gunma, Japan, and...

Strategies to improve group A strep pharyngitis Dx: patient selection, sampling technique.(Infectious Diseases)
November 1, 2003... ASPEN, COLO. -- Proper patient selection and good throat-sampling technique are the keys to the accurate diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis, Dr. James K. Todd said at a conference on pediatric infectious diseases sponsored by...

Gatifloxacin is at least as effective as Augmentin: recurrent disease, treatment failure.(Infectious Diseases)
November 1, 2003... CHICAGO -- Gatifloxacin is at least as effective as amoxicillin/clavulanate--in both regular and high dosages--among children with recurrent otitis media and acute otitis media treatment failures, according to three posters based on Phase III...

Tympanoplasty works as well in children as adults: age 7 and older fare best.(Infectious Diseases)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... ORLANDO, FLA. -- Success rates for tympanoplasty in children are similar to those for adults, Dr. Ursula Zelada Bacigalupo reported in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery...

Single-dose azithromycin is effective for AOM: better compliance than other antibiotics.(Infectious Diseases)(acute otitis media)
November 1, 2003... CHICAGO -- Single-dose azithromycin for children aged 6-24 months with acute otitis media was at least as effective as other antibiotic treatments, and patient compliance was significantly better than with other antibiotic treatments, reported...

AOM history could hinder reading skills: 25-decibel hearing loss.(Infectious Diseases)(acute otitis media)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... ORLANDO, FLA. -- First and second graders with histories of acute otitis media had significantly impaired reading ability compared with classmates without histories of ear infections, Dr. Avishay Golz said at the annual meeting of the American...

Antibiotic-resistant S. pneumoniae peaks at 0-2 years: resistance to penicillin, erythromycin.(Infectious Diseases)(Streptococcus pneumoniae)
November 1, 2003... CHICAGO -- Streptococcus pneumoniae samples collected from children who had community-acquired respiratory tract infections are significantly more likely to be erythromycin--and penicillin-resistant than are specimens from adults, Daryl J....

New guidelines on vaccine cold storage: preserving potency.(Infectious Diseases)
November 1, 2003... Health care providers who administer vaccines should evaluate their cold chain maintenance and management, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised. Although previous CDC vaccine guidelines have addressed proper storage and...

No truth to rumor about contaminated lot of flu vaccine: FDA, CDC confirm this.(Infectious Diseases)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... No contamination of any flu vaccine has been identified anywhere in the United States, contrary to rumor, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Immunization Program said in a statement....

Demystifying FluMist vaccine.(ID Consult)
November 1, 2003... We were 1 of the 12 participating sites Who performed the original pediatric clinical trials for the new live, attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) called FluMist. So why would one want to use this trivalent intranasal vaccine over the...

Developmental disorders respond to Quetiapine: moderate to high dose.(Behavioral Pediatrics)
November 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Moderate-to high-dose quetiapine shows potential utility and good tolerability in the treatment of children and adolescents with developmental disorders, Dr. Antonio Y. Hardan reported at the annual meeting of the American...

Search for natural high by ingesting moonflower seeds ends in ER instead: 14 children poisoned.(Behavioral Pediatrics)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Teenagers in Ohio ingested the seeds of moonflowers in search of a high, but the results-were anything but pleasant. Fourteen children aged 12-19 years reported to an emergency department in the Akron/Cleveland, Ohio, area after eating...

Flexibility buffers shock of teen fads.(Behavioral Consult)
November 1, 2003... Long hair on boys, short skirts on girls, and James Dean's cigarette pack rolled into his T-shirt may seem pretty tame when compared to today's pierced eyebrows, nose rings, and tattoos of every hue. But fads actually are all pretty much...

Sensory processing disorder means responding strangely to stimuli: occupational therapy is main treatment.(Behavioral Pediatrics)
November 1, 2003... A kindergartner loves to hug his classmates, but when anyone touches him, he throws a fit, perceiving the touch as uncomfortable or painful. A young boy has trouble balancing his body in space. He struggles to stand on one leg and balance...

Unique profile marks multiple suicide attempters: compared with single attempters.(Behavioral Pediatrics)
November 1, 2003... WAIKOLOA, HAWAII -- The 5% of adolescents who report attempting suicide more than once in the course of a year have a health risk profile "staggeringly" different from those who report trying to harm themselves once or not at all, according to...

Screen for drug use risk with two questions: school failure, lack of close adults.(Behavioral Pediatrics)
November 1, 2003... COLUMBIA, MO. -- It takes just two questions to assess a teenager's risk for drug abuse, Dr. D. Paul Robinson said at a meeting on common pediatric problems sponsored by the University of Missouri-Columbia. Those two questions are: *...

Alphonse and Gaston.(Letters from Maine)(Editorial)
November 1, 2003... One of the very first lessons that I learned during my brief Little League baseball career was that when a fly ball was hit toward my assigned position (usually deep left field) I should run toward the ball yelling "I've got it! I've got it!"...

Special needs car safety issues.( )(Editorial)
November 1, 2003... It is the responsibility of every pediatrician to be properly informed about the types and availability of special needs car seats in their geographic area. Although this issue may come up fairly infrequently for an individual primary care...

Normal hypocrisy.( )(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... Bravo? I couldn't have been nearly as concise as Dr. William G. Wilkoff in pointing out the predilection for experts in pediatric fields to prey on already nonconfident parents and give them one more thing to worry about ("Diverse or Abnormal,"...

OT valuable for children.( )(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... As an occupational therapist who read Dr. William G. Wilkoff's column "Diverse or Abnormal?" I am often troubled by parents bringing 4- or 5-year-old children to an occupational therapy evaluation after being told by their pediatricians that...

48 reasons to avoid FluMist.( )(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... Yet another article on FluMist mentioned correctly that insurance companies aren't going to be paying for the vaccine but made a glaring error in assuming that the patient can pay out of pocket ("FDA Excludes Major Target Group for FluMist," ID...

Sun safety is for kids.( )(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... I am writing in response to the article "Cumulative UV Exposure at Age 18 Only 23% of Lifetime UV" (September 2003, p. 38). I congratulate Dianne E. Godar, Ph.D., and her associates on their findings, which I believe are accurate, but I...

Pneumonia treatment.(Opinion)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... I read Dr. Michael E. Pichichero's column "Ketolides, Quinolones Coming Soon" (ID Consult, June 2003, p. 5), and I have one question for him: Why not start a child with community-acquired pneumonia (if on oral meds) on high-dose Augmentin,...

Beyond tort reform.(Opinion)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... I felt compelled to comment on "Pro & Con: Is the insurance cycle responsible for rising malpractice premiums?" (June 2003, p. 17). Both J. Robert Hunter and Nancy Udell made strong points, and I agree with both their arguments: The...

Reexamining white coats.(Opinion)(evaluation of white coat fever)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... As a practicing pediatrician, I have always felt that children are more influenced by facial proximity, tone of voice, and eye contact than by the physician's attire ("White Coat Fear Is Overestimated," August 2003, p. 1). I would,...

Elimination disorder Tx aids idiopathic urethritis: yields faster response than usual therapy.(Clinical Rounds)
November 1, 2003... CHICAGO -- Treating dysfunctional elimination syndrome in children with idiopathic urethritis can lead to a faster response than treating with traditional antibiotics and analgesics alone, Dr. Daniel B. Herz said at the annual meeting of the...

Vitamin D deficiency may be widespread in teens: two studies share similar findings.(Clinical Rounds)
November 1, 2003... MINNEAPOLIS -- Vitamin D deficiency may be more common than recognized in adolescents, according to results of two studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. In the first study, Dr....

Adenotonsillectomy improves apnea in the obese: surgery doesn't budge BMI.(Clinical Rounds)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... ORLANDO, FLA. -- Obese children with obstructive sleep apnea benefit from adenotonsillectomy, although it does nothing to reduce weight, Dr. Ron B. Mitchell said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck...

Surgical glue may compromise wound cosmesis: compared with sutures.(Clinical Rounds)
November 1, 2003... SEATTLE -- Surgical glues should be used sparingly in pediatric dermatology because they can be more likely than sutures to result in hypertrophic scars, Dr. Bari Cunningham said at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology....

Stop all use of lead-containing Litargirio powder: FDA warning.(Clinical Rounds)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The Food and Drug Administration has warned the public to avoid using a traditional product called Litargirio because it contains toxic levels of lead. Litargirio is used as a foot fungicide, a deodorant, and for burns and wound healing....

Braces, rest resolve low back pain in teens: pars stress fractures are common.(Clinical Rounds)
November 1, 2003... KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- Be quick to work up adolescents with low back pain if it persists for more than 3 weeks, Dr. Daniel Kraft said at a meeting on pediatric and adolescent sports medicine sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics. ...

Web clipping: AvantGo.(Digital Assistance)
November 1, 2003... Overview: AvantGo is a free Web-clipping application for Palm and Pocket PC computers that permits downloading and viewing of specified Internet content during synchronization. A wide variety of medical and nonmedical content channels (Web...

Chest pain is most likely not at heart problem: cardiac causes come with other symptoms.(Clinical Rounds)
November 1, 2003... SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- After heart murmur, chest pain is the second most common reason that pediatricians seek a cardiac consult. But chest pain in a child or adolescent rarely has a cardiac origin, and when it does it usually is accompanied...

Recurrent abdominal pain eased by Citalopram: internalizing disorders.(Clinical Rounds)
November 1, 2003... BOCA RATON, FLA. -- Citalopram effectively treated children with recurrent abdominal pain and internalizing disorders in a 12-week open-label trial. "Children experience bellyaches all the time with real complaints of stomach pain, but a...

Antioxidant deficiency zaps lung function: vitamins A, B, and E.(Clinical Rounds)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Lung function is diminished in schoolaged children who do not consume enough antioxidant vitamins, said Dr. Frank D. Gilliland and his associates at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Insufficient amounts of vitamins A, C,...

Less blood, pain with tonsillectomy via coblation: compared with electrocautery.(Clinical Rounds)
November 1, 2003... ORLANDO, FLA. -- Coblation electrosurgery was associated with less postoperative pain and an easier recovery in pediatric patients, compared with traditional electrocautery in two studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy...

Do objective testing before tonsillectomy for sleep apnea: overnight oximetry or parental video.(Clinical Rounds)
November 1, 2003... SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- Tonsillectomy is not something to be taken lightly, particularly for children with suspected sleep apnea, Dr. Sally L. Davidson Ward said at a pediatric pulmonology meeting sponsored by the American College of Chest...

Overfeeding may cause most infant reflux: GI work-up rarely necessary.(Clinical Rounds)
November 1, 2003... KOHALA, HAWAII -- Simple overfeeding is one of the most common reasons that babies spit up so much that they are brought to the doctor, Dr. William E Balistreri said at a meeting sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics. In adults,...

Cyclic vomiting syndrome common but often missed: functional GI disorder.(Clinical Rounds)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... MILWAUKEE -- Cyclic vomiting syndrome is more common than idiopathic epilepsy or type 1 diabetes in children, yet many physicians are unfamiliar with its diagnosis and treatment, Dr. David R. Fleisher said. at an international symposium...

Birth weight extremes tied to higher CP risk: largest study to date.(Clinical Rounds)(cerebral palsy)
November 1, 2003... Babies born at either extreme of weight for gestational age--low or high--are at increased risk for cerebral palsy, according to a 10-country European study of 4,503 children. That low birth weight is associated with cerebral palsy (CP) and...

Singulair.(New & Approved: Singulair, Synagis)(montelukast from Merck and Company Inc. )
November 1, 2003... (montelukast, Merck & Co. Inc.) The Food and Drug Administration approved a new once-a-day, oral granules formulation for montelukast sodium for prevention and chronic treatment of asthma in children 12 months to 5 years old, and for relief of...

Synagis.(New & Approved: Singulair, Synagis)(palivizumab from MedImmune Inc. )
November 1, 2003... (palivizumab, MedImmune Inc.) The FDA expanded the indication for palivizumab (Synagis), an agent currently used for prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), to include children with hemodynamically significant congenital heart disease....

New technology may help identify epilepsy genes: diagnostic and treatment.(Clinical Rounds)
November 1, 2003... MIAMI BEACH -- The human genome project and rapid advances in technology are leading to the discovery of the genes responsible for epilepsy. The forthcoming knowledge, coupled with anticipated advances in pharmacogenomics in particular,...

Probiotics may ameliorate milk allergy eczema: lactobacillus and bifidobacterium.(Clinical Rounds)
November 1, 2003... VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Probiotics of two types--lactobacillus and bifidobacterium--significantly improved atopic dermatitis in infants with suspected cow's milk allergy, according to trials presented at the World Allergy Organization Congress. ...

Would a virtual office alleviate long waits, excessive paperwork? An end to true medicine?(Practice Trends)
November 1, 2003... WASHINGTON -- In the next few years, 20%-50% of all physician-patient interactions will be virtual, according to Dr. Allen Wenner. "There will always be situations where the in-office visit will still be required," said Dr. Wenner, a...

HIPAA may undermine state 'prompt pay' laws: may redefine 'clean claim'.(Practice Trends)(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 )
November 1, 2003... WASHINGTON -- State "prompt pay" laws could be affected by the "transaction and code set" provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) that went into effect last month, Ann Leopold Kaplan said at a forum...

Bioethicist joins the FDA to help oversee pediatric clinical trials: part of congressional mandate.(Practice Trends)(Sara Goldkind)
November 1, 2003... Bioethicist Dr. Sara Goldkind has joined the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Pediatric Therapeutics in the Office of the Commissioner. In 2001, when Congress reauthorized the statutory incentives for pediatric clinical trials, it...

Medicaid managed care.(Policy and Practice)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... MEDICAID MANAGED CARE Children and adolescents enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans received fewer immunizations and well-child visits than did commercial customers of the same managed care plans, according to a study funded by The...

Underage drinking.(Policy and Practice)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... UNDERAGE DRINKING Increases in federal and state taxes on beer, wine, and liquor can contribute to decreases in the rate of teen drinking, according to a report by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine of the National...

Trauma grants.(Policy and Practice)(grants for pediatric trauma treatment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... TRAUMA GRANTS The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last month announced grants totaling $31 million over 4 years to help children and adolescents who have experienced traumatic events. The awards, administered by the department's...

Uninsured on the rise.(Policy and Practice)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... UNINSURED ON THE RISE The number of people without health insurance rose for the second consecutive year to 43.6 million or 15.2% of the population in 2002, up 2.4 million from 2001, the U.S. Census Bureau finds in its annual report on health...

HIPAA privacy enforcement.(Policy and Practice)(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... HIPAA PRIVACY ENFORCEMENT Complaints filed under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 privacy regulation are coming in at about 75 per week to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), says Susan McAndrew, senior advisor...

Malpractice reform.(Policy and Practice)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... MALPRACTICE REFORM Even if Congress does not enact caps on non-economic awards this year, there are other possible fixes to the medical malpractice quandary, says Michelle M. Mello, Ph.D., of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. One is...

Welfare limits breast-feeding.(Policy and Practice)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... WELFARE LIMITS BREAST-FEEDING If states had not adopted the 1996 welfare reform work requirements, the national breast-feeding rate would have been 5.5% higher in 2000, according to Steven J. Haider of Michigan State University, and his...

Hospital contracts: you can't be too careful: physician, document thyself.(Practice Trends)
November 1, 2003... SAN ANTONIO -- For physicians entering into agreements with hospitals, the key is documentation, especially when it comes to deals that involve determination of fair market value, said Robert A. Wade at the annual meeting of the American Health...

Diagnostic dilemma.(common variable immune deficiency)
November 1, 2003... A 15-year-old girl presented with an 18 month history of recurrent episodes of productive cough and exertional dyspnea. On three occasions she had run a fever that lasted 24 hours, with each episode lasting 2-3 weeks; she did not recover...

Household composition impacts children's health insurance: Census Bureau report.(higher rate of uninsured children in single parent families)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Children living with a single father were most likely to be uninsured in 2001 at 20.3%, according to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau. This compared with 16.8% of children living with single mothers and 9.7% of those living with...

Shot pain device redesigned.(Products)(ShotBlocker from Bionix Medical Technologies)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... ShotBlocker has been redesigned to accommodate both intramuscular and subcutaneous injections. The plastic disk features a number of skin contact points and an opening for injections. The device is designed to block injection pain based on the...

Cream for injection pain.(Products)(L.M.X.4 from Ferndale Laboratories Inc. )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... L.M.X.4 (lidocaine 4%) is available over the counter to relieve the pain associated with injections. The cream is safe for use in children. For more information, contact Ferndale Laboratories Inc., 877-352-6294, www. ferndalelabs.com.

Whistle asthma alert.(Products)(WhistleWatch from Ulster Scientific Inc. )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... WhistleWatch alerts parents to their child's asthma attacks. The whistle will not sound if peak expiratory flow falls below a preset value, indicating the need for medication. For more information, contact Ulster Scientific Inc., 845-255-2200,...

Antimicrobial hand wipes.(Products)(Sani-Dex antimicrobial hand wipes from Professional Disposables International )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Sani-Dex antimicrobial hand wipes contain 65.9% ethyl alcohol by volume. The wipes are formulated to comply with federal guidelines for hand hygiene in health care settings. For more information, contact Professional Disposables International,...

Children's shoe ID tag.(Products)(Who's Shoes ID )(www.whosshoesid.com)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Who's Shoes ID is a water-resistant identification tag that secures to a child's shoe with Velcro. The label provides identification in the event of an emergency. For more information, contact Who's Shoes ID, 713301-5494, www.whosshoesid.com.

Trileptal approved for children.(Products)(oxcarbazepine from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) tablets and oral suspension are indicated for use as monotherapy for children aged 4-16 years with epilepsy who have partial seizures, according to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., 888-669-6682, www. trileptal.com.

Free breast-feeding guide.(FYI)(from Medela Inc. )(customer.service@medela.com)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Parents and physicians can order a free educational guide, which offers breastfeeding tips and product information. To order, contact Medela Inc. at 800-4358316 or customer.service@medela.com.

Transitional feeding guide.(FYI)("The Parents' Survival Guide to Transitional Feeding" from Abbott Laboratories and the Institute of Pediatric Nutrition)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... "The Parents' Survival Guide to Transitional Feeding" is available online. The guide was developed by the Institute of Pediatric Nutrition and is intended for parents of children aged 4-24 months. The guide is sponsored by Abbott Laboratories....

Adoption E-tool.(FYI)(National Center for Adoption Law and Policy software)(www.adoptionlawsite.org)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Adoption-related statutes and regulations from all 50 states are now available online. The E-tool, which was developed by the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy, also provides users online access to key cases and articles on child...