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Insurers are finally reimbursing for e-mails with patients, but physicians are worried about losing office visits.

There is increasing evidence that environmental toxicants affect kids' health. Given this reality, pediatricians need to know the most important environmental health questions to ask, and what resources to draw from.

There is increasing evidence that environmental toxicants affect kids' health. Given this reality, pediatricians need to know the most important environmental health questions to ask, and what resources to draw from.

ABSTRACT: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy among females of reproductive age. In adolescents, PCOS often manifests with irregular menses, hirsutism, and acne. Despite general agreement that the metabolic derangements of PCOS arise during puberty, the condition is diagnosed more often in adults than in adolescents. Treatment is focused on weight loss, menstrual cycle regulation, and amelioration of physical symptoms. Acute symptoms can be managed with combination oral contraceptives and antiandrogens and potentially with insulin-sensitizing drugs. Lifestyle modification, especially in overweight patients, can reduce symptoms and help prevent long-term health consequences.

A previously healthy full-term, 30-week- old infant presents to the emergency department after a 30-minute episode in which he turned blue after a feeding. His mother states that the infant was also stiff, that he "arched his back," and that his eyes "had a blank look." There was no twitching associated with this episode, and the infant had no fever, cold symptoms, or any sick contact.

Each year in this country, UTI is diagnosed and treated in numerouschildren younger than 18 years; some are hospitalized as a result.Affected children have positive urine cultures and are treated withantibiotics.

How can I tell the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children?

Consultations & Comments: Significance of Isolated Clinodactyly?

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC recently released steps to avoid strep throat. Strep throat is most common in children in late fall, winter and early spring, according to Judith Martin, MD, an associate professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Infection from Group A Streptococci (GAS)-the bacteria that causes strep throat-is spread by person-to-person contact, which makes children highly susceptible to spreading and getting the infection at school.

Since July 1, about 12,000 children dropped off Virginia's Medicaid rolls.

In December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Zolazal (balsalazide disodium) capsules 750 mg in pediatric patients between 5 to 17 years of age with ulcerative colitis. Colazal, an anti-inflammatory drug approved for the treatment of mildly to moderately active ulverative colitis, is manufactured by Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.

Doctors are urging children to routinely get two shots against varicella instead of just one in an effort to prevent cases of chicken pox. Recommendations released recently by the American Academy of Pediatrics call for children to get a second dose of the varicella vaccine between the ages of 4 and 6.

A report by the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute found that girls are most likely to gain weight early in adolescence, between the ages of 9 and 12, and the health consequences of being overweight can be evident in girls as young as 9. The study is published in the January issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.

The following schedules include current recommendations of children 0-18 years. The schedules are current with chages that have taken place in vaccine formulations and revised recommendations for the use of licensed vaccines.

Office preparedness for pediatric emergencies is assumed in the training, certification, and continual vigilance that defines a proficient practice. Yes, you're confident in your traditional medical skills-but what about when a psychosocial crisis arises?