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Chickenpox vaccines for children on NHS starts across UK
Philippa Roxby and Smitha MundasadHealth reporters Getty Images All young children in the UK can now be offered protection against chickenpox for the first time on the NHS. The vaccine will be combined with the existing MMR jab, given at 12 and 18 months of age, which already helps protect against measles, mumps and rubella….
Mental health facilities in North Carolina will try a new method to avoid restraining young patients
Psychiatric residential treatment centers in North Carolina will test a new de-escalation method for dealing with youth in crisis, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced last week. Commonly known as PRTFs, these facilities offer inpatient treatment for children with complex behavioral health needs. When one of these patients gets angry or agitated,…
ADHD and autism at risk of over-diagnosis, says government review
The review said not every difficulty required a medical response and there was a risk of blurring the lines between diagnosable ADHD and autism and what should be considered the normal human variation in brain function, cognition and behaviour. it said there was a risk society was now moving from an era of under-diagnosis to…
