Pediatrics

Strong Medicine, Bitter Pills | DISCOVER

9 Feb 2012

65,000: Average number of children under the age of 5 admitted to emergency rooms annually for accidental ingestion of medications, according to a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics in September. Researchers drew on patient records of 453,559 children, collected by poison control centers in the United States between 2001 and 2008. Over that time, the number of er visits due to the ...

PM Pediatrics expands, renovates Syosset offices

9 Feb 2012

After growing to four locations and hiring a medical director to lead its expansion into New Jersey, PM Pediatrics has expanded and renovated its first location, in Syosset. The provider of after-hours pediatric urgent care expanded its Syosset site from 5,000 to 7,000 square feet, including additional treatment rooms, a larger reception area, new X-ray room [...]

Petes for Pediatrics to be emotional evening

8 Feb 2012

The Feb. 9 date of the Petes for Pediatrics fundraising game has a special significance to one mother who will be in attendance. On Feb. 9, 2005, Trevor Bartley, then 14, died of leukemia brought on by a rare form of lymphoma.[...]