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With fewer than half of high schools teaching the full range of sexual health topics recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pediatricians can play a big role in talking to adolescents and supporting parents in promoting sexual health.

More than 50% of children with asthma don’t qualify for the diagnosis, according to a new report that physicians do a better job of re-evaluating children that receive a diagnosis before age 6 years.

The risk of severe rhinoconjunctivitis among school-aged children is significantly increased by comorbid eczema, maternal history of allergic diseases, and exposure to high pollen counts, whereas living with fur-bearing pets during infancy appears to be protective, according to the findings of a nationwide Japanese online survey

Although sweeping changes to school lunch programs a few years ago were-and still are-contested, a new study reveals that the new lunch standards have resulted in better nutrition delivered through less calories.

Results of a recently published study show higher intake of food-based vitamin D by expectant mothers reduces the risk of childhood allergic rhinitis.

Mindfulness instruction improved psychological functioning and reduced posttraumatic stress symptoms in low-income, minority, middle school students, a trial in 2 Baltimore City Public Schools showed.

Three years after undergoing bariatric surgery, obese adolescents had lost significant weight and improved their cardiometabolic health and weight-related quality of life, according to a prospective study in 242 teenagers.

A nightly 3-mg dose of melatonin can help children with atopic dermatitis (AD) fall asleep more quickly and reduce the severity of their AD.

Infant mortality rates can be affected by changes in cigarette taxes and prices.

The mother of a healthy 15-year-old boy brings him to the office for evaluation of a darkening hairy patch on his left upper chest and shoulder.

The number of children on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability has surged in recent years, and even after much discussion over the last 5 years, people are still trying to determine all the reasons. Some are asking whether we are doing the best we can for the children involved.

The anxious parents of a previously healthy 19-month-old boy bring the child to the emergency department for evaluation of progressive rash that began 4 months ago. The skin eruption began as small blisters on his knees, which became tense and ruptured, eventually evolving to red-pink scaly plaques. Over the next few months, the boy developed similar lesions on his hands, elbows, neck, perineal area, and face, with sparing of the mucous membranes.

Despite significant advances in asthma research and care, the burden of asthma remains high. This article will review a number of different aspects of asthma care that impact the pediatrician.

When I opened my first practice in 1986, I was intrigued by an advertisement in Contemporary Pediatrics that caught my attention, and days later I was the proud owner of a FirstTemp tympanic thermometer.

To provide children with asthma the best care, pediatricians and other healthcare providers who have them as their patients need to become educated on and facile in using a tool that is critical to the accurate diagnosis of asthma and asthma control. That tool is spirometry.

A look at OSAS in children including an interview with Carol L Rosen, MD

It’s that time again! Here is Dr Michael Burke’s selection of the 10 best articles he reviewed for Journal Club in the last 12 months. They just might change your practice!

Children with autism spectrum disorder are already twice as likely to face premature mortality, but a new study has found that comorbidities double that risk. Find out what you can do to counsel parents on health and safety measures.

Physicians who opt against recommending HPV vaccination because they assume their patient is too young or not sexually active, or that the parent will refuse, are missing an opportunity to protect against a dangerous virus, according to a new study.

The USPSTF has recently expanded their recommendations for screening teenagers for adolescence.

Although low-income families gained greater access to private insurance since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, a new study urges caution for policymakers looking to replace public programs that outshine private insurance for children’s healthcare.

In the article, Talking to Teens about Marijuana, Ms Nierengarten reported national statistics that reveal the number of teenagers who self report using marijuana: the statistics are STAGGERING!

Children from poor households are at greater risk for obesity, according to a UK study, but early interventions could be key to better outcomes.

February’s Special Report focuses on the troubling trend to legalize and decriminalize recreational and medical marijuana and the risks to children and adolescents from the marketing and media hype surrounding “weed.”

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has updated the federal immunization guidelines, including more nuances of the guidelines visually represented on the schedule to enhance clarity.

Parent-led diet and lifestyle changes may not be as effective as when getting a child excited about new foods that they help prepare, according to two women leading the charge for better nutrition education.

Zika virus outbreaks in South and Central America mean that it could only be a matter of time before the virus is endemic in the United States.

Children no older than 4 years in an urban, low-income, minority population almost universally use various mobile media devices, a survey of their parents showed.

Surveys of 226 parents/caregivers of infants in the newborn nursery (NBN) and the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a New York hospital who were smokers and whom practitioners referred to a smoking quitline made the surprising finding that parents of healthy newborns are more receptive to these referrals than parents of infants admitted to the NICU.

A long way off, but something to watch-a possible treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection.