| | | | | | Running injuries in children and adolescents
July 01
With any outdoor physical activity comes the risk of injury. This article provides an overview of running injuries specific to the pediatric population, such as strains and fractures, as well as prevention methods. | | Preventing medication errors in children, part 2
July 01
While measures such as new medication tools are a positive step in trying to prevent medication errors in children, more aggressive systems need to be in place. | | Preventing medication errors in children
June 01
Children continue to be the innocent victims of prescribing, dispensing, and medication administration errors, whether as inpatients, outpatients, or in their own homes. | | Lyme Disease: prevention, diagnosis, and management
June 01
An overview of how to prevent, diagnose, and manage common pediatric clinical situations in which tick-borne Lyme disease is the likely culprit. (CME) | | Parent discipline techniques for the 9-month-old child
June 01
In teaching discipline techniques to parents, it is important for pediatricians to emphasize the value of setting limits and saying "no." | |
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Tinea incognito is a dermatophyte infection that has been altered by use of topical or systemic corticosteroids. It lacks the classic features of a ringworm infection due to corticosteroid suppression of inflammation and altered local immune response. | |
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| Physicians to Get Bonus for Electronic Prescribing
| Medicare will pay incentive to doctors who stop using handwritten prescriptions
| | July 23, 2008 | Doctors using an electronic prescriptions system will be eligible for a bonus from Medicare from 2009 onwards for four years, according to U.S. health officials. |
| | Boys with Varicocele May Outgrow Size Disparity
| Many adolescents with varicocele have testicular 'catch-up' growth without requiring surgery
| | July 22, 2008 | | Many adolescent boys with a varicocele will have "catch-up" growth that reduces their testicular size discrepancy without requiring surgical repair, according to research published in the July issue of Urology. |
| | Topiramate Therapy During Pregnancy Raises Concerns
| Pregnant women taking the drug for migraine or epilepsy should be monitored
| | July 22, 2008 | | The use of topiramate as monotherapy or as an adjunct to other treatment for epilepsy during pregnancy raises some concerns about the increased risk of congenital malformation, according to a report published in the July 22 issue of Neurology. |
| | Breast-Feeding Lowers Infant Risk of Stomach Infection
| But raises risk of iron deficiency compared with formula-feeding
| | July 21, 2008 | | Infants of low-income women who are predominantly breast-fed have a lower risk of gastrointestinal infection but a higher risk of iron deficiency than infants who are partially or entirely formula-fed, according to the results of a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Nutrition. |
| | Maternal Obesity Linked to Obesity in Offspring in Rats
| Overfeeding after birth has a similar effect
| | July 21, 2008 | | Offspring of obese mother rats or those overfed after birth are considerably heavier and are more likely to be fatter, glucose intolerant, have high lipid levels and have changes in appetite hormones, according to study findings published online July 17 in Endocrinology. |
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 | Influenza epidemics lead to substantial morbidity and mortality in all age groups in the United States. Click here to learn more (a CME-certified activity). |
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