Sometimes I come across the most obscure items:
This news release details the annual AAP Conference proceedings - note the
two sessions on breastfeeding and Vit. D and exclusive breastfeeding on
Saturday.
-- Jodine
>
> Story Filed: Thursday, October 17, 2002 11:04 AM EST
>
> BOSTON, Oct 17, 2002 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Some 6,000 pediatricians and
> other health care professionals are expected to attend the American Academy of
> Pediatrics (AAP) 2002 National Conference and Exhibition (NCE) at the Hynes
> Convention Center in Boston. Among the 350 sessions devoted to pediatric
> health care, will be an unveiling of a new session from the AAP Task Force on
> Terrorism.
>
> The keynote speaker is renowned pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., FAAP.
> Other featured speakers include Louis Z. Cooper, MD, FAAP, 2001-2002 AAP
> president. Laura Welch Bush has been invited because of her commitment to
> children's literacy and her longtime involvement with Reach Out and Read.
> Reach Out and Read is a literacy program founded in 1989 by a team of
> pediatricians from Boston City Hospital.
>
> Many press briefings, abstract presentations and sessions also will be held at
> the NCE. Here are highlights of some of the activities occurring at the
> meeting. Please note: all times indicated are Eastern Time. All press
> briefings will be held in Room 305 of the Hynes Convention Center. For press
> credentials, please visit the press room, Room 303 of the Hynes Convention
> Center. For a complete copy of press releases on press briefing subjects,
> please contact staff as indicated at the bottom of this document, or preview
> the NCE electronic press kit at http://www.aap.org/ncepr/ .
>
>
> Saturday, October 19
> Press Briefings:
>
> 11:00 am: Overcoming Hurdles to Vaccine Acceptance
>
> 12:15 pm: Doctors Examine Ethics of Complementary and Faith-Based
> Healing
>
> Additional Saturday Session Highlights:
>
> 8:45 am Pediatric Workforce, A Look to the Future
>
> 9:00-9:20 am Reducing Medical Errors in Daily Pediatric Practice
>
> 9:30-11:30 am New Advances in the Management of Type 1 Diabetes. Better
> Care Through Technology
>
> 9:30-11:30 am Controversies in Dentistry
>
> 9:30-11:30 am Recognizing Clues to the Diagnosis of Major Developmental
> and Psychiatric Problems in Adopted and Foster Children
>
> 9:30-11:30 am Breastfeeding and Vitamin D: Is There a Problem? Who Needs
> it? Groups at Risk? How Long to Use? Any Role for
> Sunshine?
>
> 1:00-3:00 pm Making Living Body Parts
>
> 1:00-3:00 pm Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding: What Should We
> Recommend?
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