Peds/OB/GYN

Parental perceptions are preventing HPV vaccination success
"The greatest misperception of parents is that the HPV vaccine isn't needed," says Mayo Clinic's Robert Jacobson, M.D., pediatrician in the Mayo Clinic Children's Center and lead author of the editorial. "Not only is that wrong, it's a dangerous idea to be spreading around. Recent figures show that at least 12,000 unvaccinated women develop cervical cancer from HPV every year." Other incorrect perceptions: The HPV vaccines are not safe, and they are given to children when they are too young. Mayo Clinic

Bottle feeding associated with increased risk of stomach obstruction in infants
Bottle feeding appears to increase the risk infants will develop hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS), a form of stomach obstruction, and that risk seems to be magnified when mothers are older and have had more than one child, according to a study published by JAMA Pediatrics. MedicalXpress

'Term Pregnancy' Redefined
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine are discouraging use of the word "term" to describe infants born between 37 and 42 weeks' gestation since there's a wide range of outcomes in infants born during this period.

Instead, the group is recommending the following classification system:

•early term: 37 weeks through 38 weeks, 6 days

•full term: 39 weeks through 40 weeks, 6 days

•late term: 41 weeks through 41 weeks, 6 days

•postterm: 42 weeks and later Journal Watch