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This month looks at a studies about testing babies who cry often, how circumcision can help prevent herpes and HPV in boys, if swimming lessons for 1- to 4-year-olds reduce drowning risks, and SIDS.

Editorial about what ultimately physicians must base thier decisions upon, as not all procedures are successfully evidence based.

Iron deficiency (ID) is the most common nutritional deficiency in the US, too high by far in toddlers

A toddler comes into the office with a hemorrhagic red papule.

The goal of the pediatric symptom checklist is to help pediatric primary care physicians improve their recognition of kids who have psychosocial dysfunction.

An infant with failure to thrive and vomiting is eventually diagnosed with hypertrophic, dilated bladder and bilateral hydronephrosis.

A landmark study on middle-ear effusion (MEE) challenges long-held assumptions about the effects of MEE on child development and what the appropriate treatment course should be.

How qualified does a nurse practitioner have to be to work in the NICU?

The angry mother of a 15-year-old girl has called the office multiple times asking for the laboratoryresults from her daughter’s office visit last week and demanding to know whether the teen was “put on the pill.” Along with other lab work, tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and pregnancy were performed, and the patient was given a prescription for a hormonal contraceptive.

The CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services co-hosted a Web "town hall" Q+A session about swine flu on Thursday.

Teva is now selling generic versions of Shire Plc's ADHD drug Adderall XR in the US, years before its patent expires.

Young children who snore, a new study finds, are more likely for mood and anxiety disorders than their peers who snooze quietly at naptime.

Quick quiz: how old does a baby have to be before its car seat can face the front?

How much, if anything, does a pediatrician make when on call?

A 2-month-old girl who lost 30 g over 7 days is noted to have multiple hepatic masses during abdominal ultrasonography to rule out pyloric stenosis; she is referred for further evaluation. She has a history of physiological jaundice and gastroesophageal reflux (GER). She continues to vomit despite treatment with ranitidine.

Two doctors of a 4-year-old boy were found negligent for a circumcision gone wrong. The boy, unnamed, was awarded $2.3 million in damages.

An 18-month-old white boy is brought to his well-care visit by his parents, who are concerned that for the past month he has been less social and active. He has appeared weak and has refused to walk or play with his siblings. He has also had a decreased appetite and has lost about 2 kg. He has vomited several times but with no bile or blood.

The chief residents at the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Va, handle about 1 or 2 cases per week. About once a month, they have a great teaching case in their morning report. These standout cases challenge the residents’ diagnostic acumen and underscore key points that are both applicable to daily practice and likely to appear as questions on future board certification examinations.

This baby boy was born at 40 weeks’ gestation via repeated cesarean section without any distress after uncomplicated antenatal and perinatal periods. Weight was 6 lb 4 oz. Apgar scores were 9 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively. He was noted to have lower lip asymmetry. While at rest, the lower lip protruded slightly on the right but otherwise appeared normal (A). During vigorous crying, the lower lip pulled downward to the right (B). All other physical findings were normal.

Something as simple as the correlation between birth defects and pollution may b as simple as looking at the month a child is born.

Nearly two of every three children who have routine procedures for heart disorders may be receiving treatment with a device designated for an off-label use, according to new study findings.

It?s a problem that most towns and cities would love to have: too many pediatric beds, and not enough sick children to fill them.

It?s not much of a bump, but there is still a rise in teen pregnancies.

This might not come as a big surprise, but children still aren't eating enough fruits and veggies.

Students in the 5th to 8th grades can stock up on "brain food" at the 10th annual Brain Awareness Week, a science- and health education-based fair sweeping various cities across the nation.

Children who are in the hospital or in school during a public health emergency now have two new measures in place to protect them, thanks to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

The SAFEKIDS Initiative is a cleverly-named program with a wholly positive goal: to determine the effects of sedatives and anesthetics in the developmental skills of very young children.