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Distinguishing ADAH from mania--not so easy. Boy keeps women's clothing--what could it mean?

Expanded federal standards aim to better protect health-care workers from blood-borne pathogens transmitted by needlesticks, but they also pose potential problems for a pediatric practice.

Parents often ask for help with their child&s motion sickness, a condition that has become increasingly common. Is prescribing an antihistamine or a complementary therapy a good idea? Or is prevention the best route?

Multiple tender red papules on the trunk

Distinguishing ADAH from mania--not so easy. Boy keeps women's clothing--what could it mean?

Post?9/11: Shock lingers in tangible ways. What every Girl Scout should know. We, the children. Pediatricians: First line of defense. Eye on Washington

After the initial diagnosis of right-middle-lobe pneumonia, a 16-year-old girl completed a first course of azithromycin and then felt better for a time. But now she complains again of a productive cough, chest pain that radiates to her right shoulder while coughing, and dyspnea on exertion.

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Our knowledge of the genetic causes of deafness is advancing rapidly, raising hopes for better diagnosis and more effective treatment in the near future.

Our knowledge of the genetic causes of deafness is advancing rapidly, raising hopes for better diagnosis and more effective treatment in the near future.

As a sponsor of CME, Contemporary Pediatrics understands its responsibility to make CME relevant to the practicing pediatrician.

Although ESR is the more widely used test, most data suggest CRP is actually the more valuable of the two in the diagnosis and management of many inflammatory conditions.

Pediatricians must know how to differentiate worrisome moles from benign ones, identify children at risk, and educate families about sun protection.

Persistence coupled with effective counseling and pharmacotherapy are the keys to good results without a huge investment of time.

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Why does this toddler flinch? A long and puzzling silence between siblings. Child refuses to have bowel movements in the toilet.

Smallpox vaccine revisited (diluted, too). CAM: Is it a national "threat"? Two down, two to go. Advice for kissin' cousins. Eye on Washington

Here is a look at problems that may arise when switching from gavage feedings to breast feedings, the use of fortified human milk, discharge planning needs, and the requirements of infants at risk of feeding problems.

This afternoon in the office, a follow-up weight check on a 4-week-old girl reveals, to your consternation, that she is now 10 ounces below her birth weight of 6 lbs, 7 oz.

Often, parental reassurance is the only intervention necessary for these seizures, but pediatricians can prescribe a new, uncomplicated treatment that prevents recurrence.

Among teenagers who commit suicide, depression is more likely to be the predisposing factor than it is among adult suicides. As many as 20% of young adolescents will have an episode of serious depression by the time they are 18 years old.

The term food allergy is often applied to adverse reactions that are not immunologic responses to food. This practical guide describes true hypersensitivity reactions and how to diagnose them.

When a newborn or his mother is too ill for him to nurse, the pediatrician can do much to help her pump properly, maintain her milk supply, initiate breastfeeding, and more.

When should parents stopped getting dressed in front of their children? A child who is given too much responsibility. Child who talks too little: Cause for concern?