Drs. Eliana Perrin and Nakiya Showell discuss the guidelines, controversies, and hopes of the recently released American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity. Dr. Eliana Perrin is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and School of…

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Often, the duties, responsibilities, and scope of practice between a Nurse Practitioner and a Physician Assistant are misunderstood. Both roles are different from the other but equally important and needed on health care teams as they provide patient care. To become a Nurse Practitioner, students would want to have earned either a BSN or MSN…

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Blacks have the highest infant mortality rate of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. And the disparities are stark. Black pregnant people in the U.S. experience preterm birth at rates approximately 2 times that of White pregnant people and Black infants are twice as likely to die within the first year. In…

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Happy Black History Month! Today and every day, I celebrate Black history, whether learning about iconic and influential educators, scholars, artists, and health care professionals, or exploring my blackness through independent choreographic studies. I find myself astounded at the strength and intersectionality of Black experiences. I am grateful to interact with faculty members at the…

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JHSON researchers find silver linings in Pew study Raising children is, has been, and almost certainly will remain one of life’s great challenges. (Ask your parents.) Yet new data from the Pew Research Institute show that 62 percent of parents across the board and the nation are finding it even more difficult than they ever…

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