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Thought you might be interested in this. Do you know any pedis who are
going? Do you think we'll see any changes when they get back?
Cynthia D. Payne
LLL of Berkshire County Massachusetts
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< NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 4,000 pediatricians and
medical professionals will gather at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Annual Meeting at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans
Saturday, Nov. 1 through Wednesday, Nov. 5. The AAP is a national
association
of 53,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and
pediatric surgical specialists and is widely perceived as the nation's
foremost authority on children's health.>
Here is a highlight of some of the activities occurring at the
meeting:
Sunday, Nov. 2
* 9 a.m.-11:35 a.m. New Developments in the Management of Breastfeeding
Infants -
Breastfeeding: The Nutritional Gold Standard
(9:05 a.m.)
Growth Patterns and Breastfed Infants (9:35 a.m.)
Infants/Parent Bed Sharing (10:05 a.m.)
Iron Nutrition of Breastfed Infants (10:35 a.m.)
Insufficient Milk Syndrome (1 1:05 a.m.)
Q&A (11:35 a.m.)
Monday, Nov. 3:
* 2:05 p.m.-2:25 p.m. Changes in the AAP Policy From the Committee
on
Fetus and Newborn
Tuesday, Nov. 4
* 11:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Tipper Gore and Duane Alexander, M.D., FAAP,
director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, will
hold plenary sessions on the Back to Sleep campaign and the reduction in
deaths from SIDS.
Wednesday, Nov. 5
* 8:05 a.m.-8:25 a.m. Impact of Early Hospital Discharge on Newborn
Screening
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