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In loving memory of ACPeds member Dr. Terence J. Coyne
It is with sadness that we recently learned of the passing of long time member, Dr. Coyne.
On Friday, November 10th, 2017, Dr. Terence James Coyne, 74, died peacefully at home "surrounded by his family, after a one-year battle with cancer. "
Terry was a beloved pediatrician with Pediatric and Young Adult Medicine for 43 years. After graciously dedicating over four decades of his life's work to serving children and families, he retired at the end of 2016. He was was about to start his second pediatric career at the Braden Clinic in Ave Maria, Florida, when he received the diagnosis.
A long-time parishioner at the Church of Saint Agnes in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he sang Sunday Vespers for over 30 years,
Dr. Terence J. Coyne is survived by his wife of 46 years, their 8 children and 17 grandchildren.
Thank you Dr. Coyne for your contribution to the world.
Your memory and legacy will forever live on.
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WHO, UNICEF: Ideally, moms should breastfeed till babies
reach two years old
According to
statements
published last month by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), babies, "even those who are premature, underweight or sickly, should be exclusively breastfed, from the maternity ward and ideally for two years."
Coincidentally, a report from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) on the benefits of paid leave was also published last month and researchers found that generous paid parental, medical, and family leave for employees is crucial for the nation's health because it "improves maternal physical and mental health and recovery from delivery [and] facilitates exclusive breastfeeding, which can have significant health benefits by reducing rates of ear, respiratory, and gastrointestinal infections, and reducing risk for such chronic conditions as obesity, leukemia, and inflammatory bowel disease."
 WHO went on to say that "hospitals and health facilities must support mothers in breastfeeding right after delivery and not promote use of infant formula unless there is a medical reason" and "practicing it for all babies for the first two years [after birth] would save the lives of more than 820,000 children each year."
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Your consumer dollars may be helping to fund Planned Parenthood
Despite this, many companies have
chosen to contribute to Planned Parenthood in the form of corporate contributions towards furthering their murderous cause. Worse yet,
many of us may be unknowingly contributing to Planned Parenthood by supporting these companies who are using their profits to support abortion.
Adobe, Allstate, American Express, Bank of America,
Bath & Body Works, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, United Airlines, and even the Susan G. Komen Foundation are just some of the many companies that have been reported to have given money directly to Planned Parenthood.
Knowledge is power so one of the best and easiest things you can do to control where your consumer dollars are spent is to
share this information with other concerned individuals. For more information and for some additional steps you can take to let your voice be heard,
click here to view ACPeds member, Dr. Phillip Kaleida's Perspective piece.
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Common household chemicals harming child brain development
A recent medical
review has found that "exposure to chemicals used to manufacture everyday items such as cosmetics, furniture and plastics could be linked to brain development disorders in children."
According to researchers, "
the increase in chemical production has led to widespread environmental chemical contamination" and "thyroid-disrupting chemicals in the environment pose real risks for child development and health."
Clearly,
reducing exposures to toxic chemicals is urgently needed to protect today's and tomorrow's children. For more information and tips on reducing exposure to these chemicals,
click here.
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Children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way."
- Linda Creed and Michael Masser -
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Criminalization of bullying: not the best for children
In response to research indicating that rates of youth suicide have more than doubled, several states are considering legislation designed to criminalize bullying. However, research shows little correlation between bullying and
suicide.
While youth suicide rates have more than doubled,
 In addition, the findings of a recent study suggest that the criminalization of bullying behavior would do more harm than good--both to the children being bullied and to the childen engaged in bullying for the following reasons:
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Punishment alone does not change bullying behavior.
Suspensions, expulsions, and criminalization will not only fail to fix the problem, but may cause more harm to children.
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Children who bully others but have also been bullied themselves are most at risk of negative outcomes from bullying
and criminalizing bullying--thereby increasing youth contact with the juvenile justice system--also places children at risk of trauma, academic failure, and incarceration during adulthood, among other things.
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Criminalization fails to address the root causes of bullying behavior. Often times, bullying behavior is a cry for help. Since the bully lacks attention from a parent at home, he or she lashes out at others for attention. It's not uncommon to see this happen to neglected children, children of divorced parents, or children with parents under the regular influence of drugs/alcohol.
Parents have the power and the responsibility to control and correct any bullying that their children instigate, so enccouraging and supporting parental involvement and family connectedness should be society's primary method of resolution.
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| June 2018 Bioethics Conference
Hear from leading experts, engage in charitable dialogue, and network with other professionals interested in Christian bioethics at The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity's 25th annual summer conference, Bioethics & Being Human, June 21-23 in Deerfield, IL.
Reduced early bird rates (in honor of their 25th anniversary) are available through March 15. For more information visit:
https://cbhd.org/conf2018.
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May at a glance...
The month of May commemorates the following:
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The 4th Annual Summit on Infancy, Child Nutrition & Development is exclusively
designed for pediatricians, neonatologists, pediatric surgeons, dietitians
and all others engaged in endeavors related to Infancy, Child Nutrition & Development.
The goals of the conference are to provide a transformative professional development experience through conference and to
emphasize evidence-based practice, educational innovation, practical application, and peer to peer networking and collaboration.
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"Let Kids be Kids" -- AAP versus reality
In the comical, short video below, Lenore Skenazy, President of Let Grow from Prager University, encourages parents to do what parents have always done: follow basic safety rules, and then let their kids be kids.
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Declaration in support of conscientious objection in health care
Attacks on freedom of conscience in healthcare in recent decades have involved: the disciplining or dismissal of doctors, nurses and other health care workers; the compulsion of employers to provide health insurance on matters contrary to conscience; and discriminatory employment practices against conscientious objectors to various forms of medical treatment.
"In health care, conscience plays an essential role in the professional judgment - often subtle and delicate - that practitioners must exercise in their daily work. If health care workers are not to be reduced to mere functionaries (of the state, of the patient, of the legal system), they must be free to exercise their professional judgment and to allow their consciences to inform that judgment."
If you agree, please take a moment of your time to
Sign the Declaration
and take a stand for your right to freedom of conscience.
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Postings to the ACPeds Job Board
CENTENNIAL, COLORADO
Centennial Pediatrics in Centennial, Colorado (a suburb of Denver) is
looking for a pediatrician to
join a practice with 2 other pediatricians.
Start date is flexible.
Visit
centennialpeds.com
if you are interested to learn more about us.
For questions or to submit
your resume email Dr. Michelle Stanford at [email protected]
SOUTH GEORGIA AREA
ACPeds Fellow retiring in summer 2019,
seeking pediatrician with ACPeds values to serve small town south Georgia community
. Flexible options from solo independent paper records to EHR salaried by the local hospital.
Peds call shared with 2 peds and several FPs, 6-7 weeks/year for nights and weekends
; weekday involvement with hospitalized patients flexible due to FP residency; medical school to open in 2019 gives teaching opportunities.
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Thank you to members Dr. Jane Hamner for help editing Parent Talk,
and Dr. Leah Willson for her help in editing the Newsletter.
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Special Interest News, Articles and Studies
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Patient handouts are available for download free of charge on the
Handouts page of the
Health Professionals (and
Parents) section of the ACPeds website. Available In t he members' section of the website are patient handouts shared by other ACPeds practitioners , some of which may be helpful to your own patients and practice. Contact the office to get the username and password for access to the
Member Hub.
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