Johns Hopkins Medicine News Roundup

Topics: Risks of antipsychotic medications in kids, aging and cardiovascular fitness, staving off type 2 diabetes and insulin regimens in those who already have type 2 diabetes.

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Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Managing ADHD

Johns Hopkins PodBlog: Aging & Cardiovascular Fitness

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Declines With Age, No Matter What

Johns Hopkins - News & Information Services

PEOPLE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES CAN PUT FATTY LIVERS ON A DIET WITH MODERATE EXERCISE

Healthline Today: Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder

Hyperactivity—is it normal behavior or ADHD? When a child is more than rambunctious, it is important to know the facts. According to research or other evidence, the following steps may be helpful:

Healthline Today: Babies & Children Health Center

Raise a happy, healthy baby, and get the answers you need for your child’s well-being.

Healthline Today: Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Sugar,

Also known as adult-onset diabetes, type 2 diabetes can often be managed by carefully monitoring your diet. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Johns Hopkins Medicine News Roundup

Topics: New agent for the treatment of obesity, fish oil and depression treatment in patients with heart disease, managing kidney disease in kids, and management of erectile dysfunction in men.

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Johns Hopkins: Heart & Vascular Institute

The Effects Of Obesity

Johns Hopkins: Heart & Vascular Institute

Consistently ranked among the top hospitals in U.S.News and World Report's ranking of American hospitals, Johns Hopkins cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, interventional radiologists, and vascular surgeons work together to ensure patients receive the m

Johns Hopkins: Children's Center

Researchers Find New Way to Gauge Kidney Function In Kids

Johns Hopkins: Prostate Cancer

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY

Healthline Today: Weight Loss & Obesity

Get the skinny on weight loss. Discover what works for you to improve your chances of losing weight and keeping it off. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Healthline Today: Weight Management Health Center

The road to success: choose the right diet for you, find your ideal weight, and discover helpful weight loss supplements to keep the pounds off once and for all.

Healthline Today: Cardiovascular Disease Overview

A heart-to-heart on cardiovascular disease: Make simple changes to help you beat the odds against heart disease, a leading cause of death. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Healthline Today: Kidney Stones, Nephrolithiasis, Renal Calculi, Urinary Calculi, Urolithiasis

Find the source and stop the pain of kidney stones. Hard masses that grow from crystals forming in the kidneys, they typically cause severe back pain that may radiate to the groin area. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care step

Healthline Today: Erectile Dysfunction

Learn more about the cause of erectile dysfunction to overcome this sensitive condition. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Hib Booster is Back

Production of the Haemophilus influenzae type B, or Hib, vaccine has recently increased, following a temporary shortage brought on by a recall of certain lots of the vaccine in 2007. In this podcast, Dr. Andrew Kroger discusses the reinstatement of the booster dose of the Hib vaccine.

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Q&A for Providers about the Return to the Hib "Booster" Dose

CDC -HIB Vaccine Recomendations

Effective immediately, CDC, in consultation with ACIP, AAFP, and AAP, is recommending reinstatement of the booster dose of Hib vaccine for children aged 12--15 months who have completed the primary 3-dose series

CDC - Current Vaccine Shortages & Delays

This web page contains the latest national information about vaccine supplies and provides guidance to healthcare providers who are facing vaccine shortages or delays.

Hib Booster is Back

Production of the Haemophilus influenzae type B, or Hib, vaccine has recently increased, following a temporary shortage brought on by a recall of certain lots of the vaccine in 2007. This podcast discusses the importance of children who missed the booster shot receiving the booster at their next doctor's visit, and encourages parents to check with a healthcare provider to ensure their children are up-to-date on all vaccines.

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CDC - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Hepatitis A Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 24-35 Months

CDC - MMWR

Updated Recommendations for Use of Haemophilus influenzae Type b (Hib) Vaccine: Reinstatement of the Booster Dose at Ages 12--15 Months

CDC - MMWR

Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Type B Disease in Five Young Children --- Minnesota, 2008

CDC - Hib Vaccine - Q&A for Providers about the Return to the Hib "Booster" Dose

Providers who are using Pentacel for the Hib series should use monovalent HepB vaccine to complete the HepB vaccine series. This will minimize extra-immunization.

CDC - Hib Vaccine - Q&A for Parents about the Return to the Hib "Booster" Dose

For most vaccines, more than one dose is needed for full protection. Each of the first doses, called “primary vaccination” or “the primary series” provides some protection.

CDC - Current Vaccine Shortages & Delays

This web page contains the latest national information about vaccine supplies and provides guidance to healthcare providers who are facing vaccine shortages or delays.

Investigation of Sylvatic Typhus at a Wilderness Camp

In this podcast, Dr. Greg Dasch discusses an outbreak of four cases of sylvatic typhus that occurred at a wilderness camp in Pennsylvania. Sylvatic typhus is very rare in the United States, with only 41 cases since it was discovered in the United States in 1975. Lab work at CDC and the discovery that all four camp counselors who became ill had slept in the same bunk at the camp between 2004 and 2006 ultimately led to confirmation that flying squirrels living in the wall of the cabin were to blame for the illnesses.

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CDC - Emerging Infectious Diseases

Cluster of Sylvatic Epidemic Typhus Cases Associated with Flying Squirrels, 2004–2006

CDC - Cluster of Sylvatic Epidemic Typhus Cases Associated with Flying Squirrels, 2004–2006

MedscapeCME is pleased to provide online continuing medical education (CME) for this journal article, allowing clinicians the opportunity to earn CME credit.

CDC - Cluster of Sylvatic Epidemic Typhus Cases Associated with Flying Squirrels, 2004–2006

In February 2006, a diagnosis of sylvatic epidemic typhus in a counselor at a wilderness camp in Pennsylvania prompted a retrospective investigation.