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Should adolescent girls be given depot medroxyprogesterone acetate?In light of the FDA's black box warning about potential bone loss in teenagers, how do you counsel teenagers about this highly effective birth control method? Recommendations from the World Health Organization provide a practical, evidence-based approach to weighing the risks.
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Should adolescent girls be given depot medroxyprogesterone acetate?In light of the FDA's black box warning about potential bone loss in teenagers, how do you counsel teenagers about this highly effective birth control method? Recommendations from the World Health Organization provide a practical, evidence-based approach to weighing the risks.
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Avian flu, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease: Tracking the progress of hot zoonosesEmerging and spreading zoonoses are major concerns among the public and public health professionals. Recognition, surveillance, and reporting are our first line of defense.
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Avian flu, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease: Tracking the progress of hot zoonosesEmerging and spreading zoonoses are major concerns among the public and public health professionals. Recognition, surveillance, and reporting are our first line of defense.
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Avian flu, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease: Tracking the progress of hot zoonosesEmerging and spreading zoonoses are major concerns among the public and public health professionals. Recognition, surveillance, and reporting are our first line of defense.
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Helping parents chart the best course for their deaf childIs deafness a disability or a difference? Crucial medical and educational choices hinge on the approach to this question. Second of two parts.
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What do we know about cutaneous melanoma of childhood?Childhood melanoma is a challenging diagnosis even for a clinician who sees pigmented skin lesions every day. The authors share their international experience with you and describe what you need to know in your practice about the rare, but real, childhood melanoma.
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What do we know about cutaneous melanoma of childhood?Childhood melanoma is a challenging diagnosis even for a clinician who sees pigmented skin lesions every day. The authors share their international experience with you and describe what you need to know in your practice about the rare, but real, childhood melanoma.
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What do we know about cutaneous melanoma of childhood?Childhood melanoma is a challenging diagnosis even for a clinician who sees pigmented skin lesions every day. The authors share their international experience with you and describe what you need to know in your practice about the rare, but real, childhood melanoma.
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What do we know about cutaneous melanoma of childhood?Childhood melanoma is a challenging diagnosis even for a clinician who sees pigmented skin lesions every day. The authors share their international experience with you and describe what you need to know in your practice about the rare, but real, childhood melanoma.
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What do we know about cutaneous melanoma of childhood?Childhood melanoma is a challenging diagnosis even for a clinician who sees pigmented skin lesions every day. The authors share their international experience with you and describe what you need to know in your practice about the rare, but real, childhood melanoma.
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Overheard: Wheezing from a healthy 4-month-oldCan you determine what's causing this baby's nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, and noisy breathing?
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Handheld computing in pediatric practice: Is it for you?Handhelds, or personal digital assistants (PDAs), have evolved a great deal since their beginnings as a monochromatic screen with miniscule memory. Here is a look at how you, your practice, and your patients can benefit when you use a PDA.
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Overheard: Wheezing from a healthy 4-month-oldCan you determine what's causing this baby's nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, and noisy breathing?
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Weeks of weakness, then reddish bumps on prominencesA boy with a history of skin eruption, intermittent fever, and generalized weakness now has red bumps on the bony prominences of his hands, elbows, and knees. What's the diagnosis?
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Viewing our adolescent patients through a positive lensDo you find it difficult to have trusting relationships with your adolescent patients? Are you sometimes afraid to find out too much? The author explains how to open up conversations by focusing on the teenager's strengths-and how rewarding the results can be.
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Q&A's about multiple birthsThese days, most pediatricians have at least one set of twins among their patients, and triplets or even higher order multiples are not uncommon. Here's what you need to know to meet the special needs of these children and counsel their parents appropriately.
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"Natural" remedies for depression: Are they safe? Do they work?When parents ask about supplements and other so-called natural remedies for depression, what do you tell them? This review of what is known about herbal and dietary treatments for depression in pediatric patients will help you provide an informed response.
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ADHD in adolescents: Will you know it when you see it?Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder doesn&t disappear in teens. But it does look different, and failure to recognize and treat it can have a devastating impact.
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"Natural" remedies for depression: Are they safe? Do they work?When parents ask about supplements and other so-called natural remedies for depression, what do you tell them? This review of what is known about herbal and dietary treatments for depression in pediatric patients will help you provide an informed response.
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Implementing developmental surveillance and screening for identifying issues earlyTo encourage accurate and early identification of children with delays, disabilities, and emerging problems, in 2006 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated its policy statement on developmental surveillance (DS) and screening to include a decision-making paradigm.
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Thyroid testing: When to worry (not often) and when to reassureThyroid problems can be worrisome, but relatively few children referred for workup for an abnormal thyroid test have clinically significant disease. Choosing the right screening tests can prevent these costly encounters without compromising children whose test results warrant close follow-up and possible intervention.
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Performance-enhancing substances in teensThe pressures to perform and improve physical appearance are driving teens to experiment with performance-enhancing agents. This review bring pediatricians up to speed about this unsafe trend.
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Transitioning adolescents to adult care and adulthood: Is it time yet?Adolescent and young adult patients need help with the process of transitioning to adult care, in which patients are more responsible for their own healthcare.
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Should we teach testicular self-exam?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.
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Vitamin D: Benefits for bone, and beyondWe are not yet sure how much vitamin D a growing child needs, but we do know that most need more than they get. New recommendations are forthcoming but, until they are formulated, pediatricians should encourage maximal vitamin D intake from food, supplements, and outdoor activities whenever possible.
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Vitamin D: Benefits for bone, and beyondWe are not yet sure how much vitamin D a growing child needs, but we do know that most need more than they get. New recommendations are forthcoming but, until they are formulated, pediatricians should encourage maximal vitamin D intake from food, supplements, and outdoor activities whenever possible.
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What you need to learn about homeschoolingEffective health care for the homeschooled child requires understanding of the issues, an open line of communication to parents, and the vigilance to ensure that children not covered by the safety net of school screening get the care they need.
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What you need to learn about homeschoolingEffective health care for the homeschooled child requires understanding of the issues, an open line of communication to parents, and the vigilance to ensure that children not covered by the safety net of school screening get the care they need.
