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Contemporary Pediatrics asked its readers what they would say to President Obama regarding health care and pediatrics. No two responders hit the same points.

Americans have regarded health care as a priviledge to be purchased with wealth or misfortune. Health care is a right, not a priviledge.

No matter what you do, be very careful on trying to fund universal medical coverage by reducing Medicare.

Doctors should be reimbursed for telephone calls: It will help doctors, and patients and medical cost will go down.

We have a very challenging situation related to keeping our children healthy and safe.

For dads seeking to make a difference in their child's educational upbringing, research shows the earlier the involvement, the better.

Postpartum depression has been linked to choosing bottle feeding over breastfeeding, according to an evolutionary psychologist?s research.

Some neonatal intensive care units have reduced their incidences of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and nosocomial infections: find out how.

They're scared of hospitals and doctors. They're unsure about the treatments. They're not patients, though, but the patients' parents.

Public health agencies and schools have new federal guidance at their disposal for how to respond to 2009 H1N1 influenza in schools, thanks to recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommendations encourage officials to weigh the risk of community-acquired flu with the decision to close schools or community functions.

There are lots of dangers around the house than young kids don't about. Trouble is, some new parents don't about them either.

The number of kids being injured in gym class is on the rise. Why? And how can it be prevented?

The new law that applies to all businesses -- including doctor's offices -- is pushed back from August 1 to November 1.

Where do most emergency department cases of poisoning get their poisons from? Not from under the sink: try the medicine cabinet.

There's a vitamin D deficiency in a shocking seven out of 10 US children, according to research in Pediatrics.

If a parent loses a job, he or she may not be the only one developing an ulcer as a result of it.

As August approaches, don't forget it's time for National Immunization Awareness month.

Part 1 of a look at community-acquired pnemunia, the various bacteria that cause it, and how to diagnose it.

A collection of Web resources for parents in the military and their children, with support, information, and resources.

Details the mental stresses facing the child of a military parent: moving, desployment, limited communication, and potential injury or death of the parent.

A history of mnemonics related to pediaitrcs, combined with a first look at a new mnemonic for diagnostics that runs from a to z.

A 3-month-old is rushed into hospital after he stopped breathing; he is diagnosed with benign teratoma.

The eighth in a year-long series of commentary reviewing topics published in Contemporary Pediatrics 25 years ago. This month's review reexamines the evidence for teaching testicular self-exams to young men.

The Food and Drug Administration weighs in about whether to approve schizophrenia medication for adolescents.

Dr. McMillan tells of two infants for whom medicine offers no cures, and no treatments.

A letter clarifies that hemlets are worn to decrease the severity of an injury: complete protection from injury is not possible.

A child is born with congenital melanocytic nevi.

Reviews of three pediatric articles: a quicker way to evaluate a child's blood pressure, giving parents a choice of oral or IV fluids for their kids, and a study on early weight-based stereotyping.

Thirteen year after 11 children enrolled in a clinical trial died, Pfizer has agreed to pay $75 million in damages.

It's time to find who you really are, colic.