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Parents and pediatricians worry that this high school graduation rite is far from wholesome. The authors offer reassurance and suggestions for reducing risky behaviors.

The dangers of airbags to children have been almost as well publicized as the benefits. Prospects for moderating the former and emphasizing the latter are improving.

Knowing the benefits and limitations of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and other techniques can help you request the right studies, prepare the family for the exam, and evaluate results.

The diagnosis is epidermolysis bullosa.

Part of the excitement surrounding a heightened understanding of our genetic makeup is that we are beginning to learn what it really means to consider each patient as unique.

D.A.R.E. redux, Foodborne illness: An old problem takes new forms, Follow-up. Eye on Washington

Medical myths generated and perpetuated by the public and by physicians continue to hamper the care and treatment of children. Are you doing enough to dispel those myths? Or are you one of the guilty?

When parents divorce, children suffer injuries that can last a lifetime. Pediatricians can provide an ear for children and anticipatory guidance for parents.

Not all pediatricians are educating parents about the sleep position that substantially reduces the risk of SIDS.

The most helpful 10 journal articles from the last year, according to Dr. Michael G. Burke.

How best to manage cholesterol in pediatric practice? Solutions remain controversial, but a pediatric cardiologist clarifies how to proceed.

Evidence enlightens the art of medicine. But some hypotheses still can be tested only one child at a time.

Increasing breastfeeding, The fifth vital sign, The electronic pediatrician, It's time for our little talk. Eye on Washington

The consequences of contracting a sexually transmitted disease can be devastating and long-lasting for adolescent girls. This review of the latest diagnostic testing methods and treatments will help you offer at-risk teens the best of care.

Although relatively common in children, certain pathogens remain unknown to most office clinicians. This review discusses fo
?5{oa implicated as causes of chronic diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. Awareness of these organisms will improve the management of challenging GI illnesses, the identification of outbreaks, and the collection of epidemiologic data.

At the beginning of this new century, only incremental improvements in the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century are in view ahead. No single discovery or policy will affect diet, exercise, smoking avoidance or cessation, or health education for parents, or will make effective preventive health care available to all children. For now, we continue to work in increments?but wouldn't it be fascinating to see, at this moment, the list that the CDC will generate in 2100?

We can no longer assume that all new-onset diabetes in children and adolescents is type 1. As type 2 diabetes creeps downward from adults into younger age groups, differentiating it from type 1 disease and starting appropriate treatment become vitally important.

Parental drinking can cause a child to have problems in school, somatic complaints, or other difficulties. Pediatricians need to uncover alcohol addictions and tactfully and firmly steer parents toward appropriate help.

The world's children in 2001, The rising cost of health care, Teens and HIV. Eye on Washington

With an array of asthma medications from which to choose, pediatricians must understand the pharmacology of the different drugs in order to make appropriate choices for each child. The author reviews the medications used for long-term asthma management and quick relief, delivery systems for these agents, and promising new drug therapies that lie on the horizon.