Dermatology

Vigilant monitoring and management are the keys to keeping the healthy, full-term infant with hyperbilirubinemia healthy and heading off the danger of brain damage.

Two days after the onset of fever and sore throat, a toddler developed painful lumps on his chest.

From Ma huang to bee pollen, deep breathing to acupuncture, alternative asthma therapy is in vogue. You need to know what your patients are using, whether it's safe, and how it works. Here's the evidence.

It was once the only way to treat acute otitis media. Now it's more useful than ever, the author argues, especially in light of increasing antibiotic resistance. Learn what tympanocentesis can do for your patients and how to perform it in the office.

Whether to circumcise a newborn son is one of the first decisions parents must make for their child. Pediatricians can help them sort through the confusion and controversy surrounding the issue by providing accurate information and answers to their questions.

Is that "bruise" or "burn" really a sign of child abuse? To avoid a misdiagnosis that can have profound consequences for the child, family, and suspected perpetrator, be sure you consider the full range of possibilities.

At a routine visit you note multiple skin tags in the perianal area of an otherwise healthy 12-month-old girl. Her mother first noticed a small bump near the anus when the child was 2 months old but didn't mention it to you because it did not seem to bother the child.