Characteristic Neuro-Linguistic Styles in Young Arabic Speaking Children Diagnosed with ASD.

Evaluations of all Arabic speaking children age 3-9.0 years with significant speech delays or impairments, referred to a community based, child development center in the public health care system during a 5-year period were reviewed. Use of an inordinate degree of words and expressions in Fossha version of classical Arabic, mainly used in the media, children's literature and formalized venues, as well as in English, was highly associated with ASD, especially among those who were both more intelligent (IQ> 70), as well as older (greater than 4 years), (Pearson 7.

[EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RITALIN PRESCRIPTION IN 6-18 YEARS OLD ISRAELI CHILDREN - TIME TO CHANGE POLICY].

Introduction: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a worldwide problem and treatment is controversial among physicians and parents.

Objectives: To clarify the prescribing of methylphenidate to children in the center of Israel, the use and possible effect that gender, socioeconomic status (SES), ethnic and cultural characteristics play in the treatment of ADHD.

Methods: We assessed the prescription rate of methylphenidate in the years 2005, 2007 and 2011 in children and adolescents age 6-18 years provided from Sharon Shomron and Dan Petach Tikva Clalit Health Services pharmacies.

[PREVALENCE OF IRON DEFICIENCY AND IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN INFANTS AGED 9 TO 15 MONTHS IN A LOW INCOME POPULATION (2005-2010)].

Background: Iron deficiency (ID) is a common nutritional deficiency.

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence and causes of ID and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and to report the iron status in Israeli Arab infants.

Methods: Data on iron status was taken from 410 infants, aged 9 to 15 months, who were randomly selected from 2400 infants born between 2005-2010.

Long-Term Functional Outcomes in Israeli Adults Diagnosed in Childhood with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Background: Childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic health problem with significant risk for long-term morbidity in adulthood.

Objectives: We examined long-term outcomes of ADHD in a population-based sample of childhood ADHD cases prospectively assessed as adults.

Methods: Long-term outcomes for 70 adults who were diagnosed with ADHD during childhood were examined and compared with data on the general population.

The Lack of Association of Iron Deficiency With Anemia in First Graders.

Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is a disease with worldwide prevalence. The prevalence of IDA and iron deficiency (ID) was ascertained by serum ferritin and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) levels in first graders in Taibe. A total of 1132 first graders were tested for the iron status between the years 1999 and 2004.

Preventive intervention for iron deficiency anaemia in a high risk population.

Background: Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a common nutritional problem.

Objective: To determine the effect of nutritional education and supplemental iron administration on the prevalence of IDA in Arab infants.

Methods: Three hundred and ten infants were randomized alternately into two groups.

Changing Epidemiology of Methylphenidate Prescriptions in the Community: A Multifactorial Model.

Objective: To examine dispensing patterns of methylphenidate (MPH) to determine how socioeconomic status (SES), ethnocultural affiliation, and gender affect the medical treatment of ADHD.

Method: We reviewed MPH prescription records for year 2011 of children aged 6 to 18, from regional pharmacies serving homogeneous neighborhoods.

Results: MPH prescriptions showed an increase in prevalence from 4.

Iron polymaltose versus ferrous gluconate in the prevention of iron deficiency anemia of infancy.

We prospectively compared the efficacy and safety of iron deficiency anemia prophylaxis with iron gluconate (IG) or iron polymaltose complex (IPC) in healthy infants attending a community pediatric center. Participants were randomly assigned to receive one of the test drugs from age 4 to 6 months to age 12 months. Parents/guardians were given extensive information on iron-rich diets and anemia prevention.

Five-year outcome of children with "growing pains": correlations with pain threshold.

Objective: To examine the 5-year outcome in a cohort of children with "growing pains" and the association with changes in pain threshold.

Study Design: Subjects were 44 children with growing pains studied previously, and controls were 38 pain-free children matched by sex and age. Current status of growing pains and other pain syndromes were assessed by parental questionnaires.

Consanguinity among the Arab and Jewish populations in Israel.

Consanguineous marriages are associated with many problems, although the prevailing opinion is that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. This explains why the custom is still extremely prevalent, particularly in Arab countries, India and small isolated communities. Among Israeli Arabs there has been a reduction in the rate of such marriages, although it is still sufficiently high to cause medical problems.

The incidence of anemia in an Israeli population: a population analysis for anemia in 34,512 Israeli infants aged 9 to 18 months.

Objectives: The purpose of this work was to use the comprehensive computerized database of Clalit Health Services to analyze the prevalence and contributing factors of anemia among the population of Clalit Health Services-insured Israeli infants aged 9 to 18 months, characterized by ethnic sector.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study for the year 2003 using the computerized database of Clalit Health Services for 34,512 infants aged 9 to 18 months insured by the Clalit Health Services sick fund. Children with abnormal white blood counts at the time of the hemoglobin test and with chronic diseases were excluded.

Decreased bone speed of sound in children with growing pains measured by quantitative ultrasound.

Objective: The most common cause of recurring childhood musculoskeletal pain is termed growing pains (GP). We hypothesized that GP may represent a local overuse syndrome and therefore may be associated with decreased bone speed of sound (SOS) measured by quantitative ultrasound (US).

Methods: We studied 39 children with GP.

Awareness about problems associated with consanguineous marriages: survey among Israeli Arab adolescents.

Purpose: To evaluate the level of knowledge among adolescents about the issues associated with consanguinity, because consanguineous marriages are widely practiced among Arabs, and are associated with an increased incidence of congenital malformations.

Methods: We carried out a national survey among 2933 students aged 15-16 years within the Israeli Arab community. Variables considered were gender, religion, location of residence, parents' level of education, number of siblings, whether their parents' marriage was consanguineous, whether any family members had congenital malformations, and the respondents' religious beliefs and traditions.

[Reported practices of antimicrobial use for upper respiratory tract infections].

Aim: To determine the reported antibiotic prescribing practices for upper respiratory tract infections in children among pediatricians and family physicians.

Methods: Regional survey of practicing pediatricians and family physicians and comparison of the survey responses of 81 physicians with the recently published recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Results: Whereas almost all the physicians agreed that a diagnosis of acute otitis media required documentation of middle ear effusion and acute illness, 28% of family physicians and 12% of pediatricians reported that they routinely prescribed antibiotics for children with bronchitis, even though this is not recommended.

Differences in infant mortality rates between Jews and Arabs in Israel, 1975-2000.

Background: The infant mortality rate is a health status indicator.

Objectives: To analyze the differences in infant mortality rates between Jews and Arabs in Israel between 1975 and 2000.

Methods: Data were used from the Central Bureau of Statistics and the Department of Mother, Child and Adolescent Health in the Ministry of Health.

Hydrops fetalis associated with homozygosity for hemoglobin Taybe (alpha 38/39 THR deletion) in newborn triplets.

Hemoglobin Taybe is an unstable alpha-chain hemoglobin variant caused by a deletion of a threonine residue at codon 38 or 39 of the alpha-1 globin chain. We describe preterm infant triplets born with hydrops fetalis and anemia who were found by DNA analysis to be homozygous for hemoglobin Taybe. All three infants developed intrauterine hemolytic anemia, which subsequently led to hydrops fetalis.

Awareness of folic acid for prevention of neural tube defects in a community with high prevalence of consanguineous marriages.

Neural tube defects (NTDs) are severe congenital malformations and can be fatal. Intake of 0.4 mg folic in the periconceptional period reduces the risk of NTD by 50-70%.

Decreased pain threshold in children with growing pains.

Objective: To investigate whether children with recurrent musculoskeletal pain termed growing pains (GP) have lower pain thresholds than children without GP.

Methods: We measured the pain threshold of 44 children with GP and 46 controls. Pain thresholds were measured by use of a Fisher type dolorimeter with pressure applied to areas associated with increased tenderness in fibromyalgia (FM), control points, and anterior tibia, the usual region of pain in children with GP.