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Although parents of children who turn out to have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often express concerns about their child’s development early on, providers are far less likely to respond proactively to these concerns-instead delivering a reassuring/passive response-than to address parental concerns about intellectual disability/developmental delay (ID/DD).

Despite the growth of retail-based clinics, the availability of direct-to-consumer video visits, and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, you are having a busy day in the office.

Pediatric sports and activity participation is on the rise. It is estimated that up to 45 million children are involved in some form of athletics.1 On the whole, exercise is something to be encouraged in today’s children, with benefits of improving physical fitness, increasing social interaction with peers, decreasing stress, achieving self-efficacy, and gaining experience in goal setting, teamwork, and commitment.

A 2012 Huffington Post article described the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) studies conducted by Vince Felitti and Rob Anda as “the most important public health study that you have never heard of.”

In June, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) declined to recommend that a newly approved serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) vaccine series be used universally in adolescents aged 16 to 18 years, basically leaving the decision up to parents and providers.

Sports participation is on the rise among youth in the United States. As we continue to address childhood obesity, it is encouraging to see that the number of high school students playing sports has continued to increase yearly since 1983.

Although drug manufacturers are required to include new safety information for pregnant and lactating women on their labels, much more clinical data is needed to determine whether products are safe for that population, according to professors and clinicians.

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections were first reported in the literature in the mid-1990s. Soon thereafter, the disease became an epidemic.

With increased numbers of children and adolescents participating in a wide variety of sports, ensuring safety while encouraging athleticism paves a way for these young people to enjoy a lifetime of activity and, for some, competitive sports by reducing as much as possible the real risk of injury that can alter this trajectory with a single blow to the face.

As if antibiotic resistance wasn’t problem enough, researchers now believe antibiotic use may play a role in the development of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

As part of the Choosing Wisely campaign, the American Academy of Pediatrics worked with a team of neonatologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston to devise a list of the top 5 tests and treatments that can be left out of routine newborn care because of cost or lack of efficacy.

As the popularity of telemedicine grows, the American Academy of Pediatrics offers guidance on the best ways to use this emerging technology.

A federal task force recently examined how pediatricians diagnose and manage speech and language problems in young children. What does its new report say about screening for such developmental delays in primary care settings?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices discussed vaccination for serogroup B meningococcal disease (MenB) at its June 2015 meeting and voted its recommendation. What does ACIP’s decision mean for your practice?

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has unveiled new recommendations for pediatricians treating children and adolescents who have become obese.

Migraines in children have been associated with anxiety and depression as well as physical and psychiatric morbidity. How can a new intervention for pediatric migraine improve and potentially eliminate these headache symptoms in the pediatric/adolescent population?

Clinicians caring for children with congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) now have new evidence-based recommendations to guide their evaluation, diagnosis, and management of the disease in pediatric patients.

A roundup of new and updated guidelines that you may have missed.

For parents of a child with type 1 diabetes, hypoglycemia can be a scary-and fatal-complication, but a treatment is in development that gives parents and caregivers a new way to keep glucose levels in check.

If there is no link between vaccines and conditions such as autism, why do pediatricians spend so much time talking about this topic with parents?

In 2005, a bizarre syndrome consisting of severe neuropsychiatric symptoms, seizures, loss of consciousness, and central hypoventilation was reported in 4 young women with ovarian teratoma (OT).

In this follow-up to his article "Telehealth: A primer for pediatricians" that appeared in the June 2015 issue of Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr. Andrew Schuman describes the logistics of implementing your own office telehealth program.

There’s no shortage of worldwide traumatic events impacting children. Most recently, a natural disaster in Nepal and protests-gone-violent in Baltimore took center stage. As traumatic as they are, disasters such as these tend not to be as mentally and physically damaging and prevalent as the chronic stressors many of America’s children experience.

With nearly a third of all children having a wheezing episode before their third birthday and half by age 6 years, wheezing is one of the most common problems for which preschool children are seen in the pediatrician's office.

A retrospective investigation in 375 children with nonspecific abdominal pain (AP) found that most do not receive a diagnosis, many have persistent pain, and only a few are given a functional AP diagnosis.

Responses to a questionnaire administered to more than 3000 young adolescents in Switzerland indicate that problematic Internet use is associated with the use of legal and illegal substances, especially tobacco.

Investigators demonstrated a new use for electronic medical records (EMRs): to notify providers when an intake blood pressure (BP) is elevated by incorporating a real-time electronic alert into the EMR.

Investigators in France reported on 9 children aged from 10 to 45 months with hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) who developed Kingella kingae osteoarticular infections.