by PediaBlog | Sep 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free Dizzy with eternity Paint it with a skin of sky, brush in some clouds and sea Call it home for you and me — “Throwing Stones”(Weir/Barlow) Last week, UNICEF issued its followup...
by PediaBlog | May 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, we started looking at the American Academy of Pediatrics campaign to highlight the “7 Great Achievements in Pediatric Research” over the past 40 years. First on the list was “Preventing Disease with Life-Saving Immunizations,” and we...
by PediaBlog | Oct 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Over the years, the United States has gotten a bad rap over one important statistic that usually reflects the health of a society as a whole: infant mortality. A new report by the CDC puts the U.S. infant mortality rate at 6.1 out of every 1,000 live births —...
by PediaBlog | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
A new study published in Pediatrics examines the use of live music therapy in noisy neonatal intensive care units, and the benefits to its occupants: premature babies and their parents: The informed, intentional therapeutic use of live sound and parent-preferred...
