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Renovation projects on older homes may increase the blood lead levels to harmful amounts in children who live in those homes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In one of his first acts as President, Barack Obama signed an expansion of the State Children?s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). It will enable over 4 million new children to be included in the plan.

Parents who smoke may be unknowingly influencing their adolescent children to try smoking as well, new research indicates.

Children who have received the chickenpox vaccine are not at risk of stroke or brain inflammation, according to researched published in the February 2009 issue of Pediatrics.

Community outreaches focused on raising children in a healthy environment may prevent parental abuse of children, according to a new study.

When discussing diet with family, I recommend that they limit soda pop consumption to one 12-ounce serving per week or less...

The second in a year-long series of commentary reviewing topics published in Contemporary Pediatrics 25 years ago.

A profile of Persharon Dixon, MD, a pediatrician who moved to Mississippi to take care of children struggling after Hurricane Katrina.

A sport-by-sport list of everything you need to keep a young athlete safe.

A review of several recent medical journal articles of interest to pediatricians.

Families of Mexican descent might have certain cultural beliefs that don't mesh up with standard medical practice. Learn what they are, and which could be dangeorus to the child.

The 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.

An 11-year-old comes into the office with an asymptomatic slowly progressive eruption that began 3 years prior. The problem is finally resolved with topical and/or systemic treatment.

Recent letters from Contemporary Pediatrics readers.

A 12-year-old is brought into the office for a 10-month-old generalized itchy skin eruption.

Contemporary Pediatrics' editor addresses issue of communicating electronically with patients.

On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed an $819 economic stimulus bill, which includes billions of spending to better the lives of children.

Topical Retinoids in the Treatment of Acne Supplement with Contemporary Pediatrics

After recommending deferring some Hib doses due to a shortage of the vaccine in 2007, the CDC recorded five new cases of invasive Hib disease in Minnesota.

The US Food & Drug Administration warns the public to refrain from consuming foods that contain peanut butter until the food in question is cleared of any link to the national salmonella outbreak.

The FDA is weighing approval of an investigational epilepsy drug for adults and children that has reportedly caused vision loss in certain patients.

The House of Representatives passed a bill Jan. 14 to renew and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

Certain chemicals that children are exposed to in their first three months of life could cause increased body mass index (BMI), according to a new study.

Gym classes, fitness tests, and other forms of school-based physician education do not help students lose weight, a systematic Cochraine review found. But that?s okay.

Healthcare Leaders to Convene at the 8th Annual Forum for Improving Children?s Healthcare to Discuss Innovative Ways to Improve Children?s Healthcare Quality

Vicks VapoRub, a popular treatment choice for cough symptoms and congestion, may actually cause respiratory harm in infants and small children.

Cigarette smoking while pregnant is linked to probable detrimental changes in the mother's as well as the fetus' thyroid function, researchers reported...