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Racial and ethnic disparities abound in eczema care
Eczema affects around 11% of children overall, but only about half of minority children with severe eczema are treated for the condition. A new study looks at why these children are overlooked.
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FROM THE CANCER NETWORK
 
FDA Approves New Option for Childhood Leukemia
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the use of dasatinib (Sprycel) in pediatric patients with Philadelphia chromosome–positive chronic myeloid leukemia in the chronic phase.
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Annual advocacy award
 
Nominate a hero for our 2017 advocacy award!
Contemporary Pediatrics wants to hear about any pediatrician making meaningful change to improve patient well-being or transforming his or her community into a healthier place for children. Please nominate your pediatric child advocacy hero. Nominations are open until December 15, 2017.
 
CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS VIDEO
 
Does pediatric psoriasis increase cancer risk?
image description here For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a large retrospective cohort study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology that examined whether children with pediatric psoriasis are at increased risk of cancer and discusses 2 caveats to the findings.
 
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