Pediatrics

Canadian Pediatric Society issues position statement on urinary tract infections in young children.

The order, signed Monday, advocates separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different single-disease shots and giving all childhood immunizations at separate appointments when possible.

The report is one of the first to show the national scale of severe injuries for young people.

‘I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong.’

In a population-based study using Manitoba prescription dispensing records, my colleagues and I found that approximately 60% of individuals took at least one prescription medication postpartum.

‘We talk about drowning and choking with toddlers, and now we’re starting to add in heat.’

Federation of Medical Women of Canada note B.C. and Alberta are the last provinces to offer a universal program to protect infants from RSV.

The babies were conceived naturally and came from one fertilized egg that split into four. Overall, experts say, the chance of conceiving quadruplets naturally is only 1 in 700,000.