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The problems of child obesity made Bill Clinton and American Heart Association president Timothy Gardner work together for a solution. That solution, though, will take a lot more than two people.

There are more than 50 million children in the US, most of whom receive some sort of medication during their childhood. That may be one reason niche pharmacies are becoming more popular.

Don't invest too much stock in the notion that preschoolers are always active and on the go, new research points out.

Dosing requirements for infant rotavirus vaccines were modified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, enabling more babies to be immunized.

The US Court of Special Claims has rules that three children with autism did not have it brought on by vaccination.

Depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and phobias are more common among pediatric kidney transplant patients than among healthy young persons, according to online research.

A landmark 1988 Lancet article featured exaggerated and falsified claims, to make the connection seem stronger than the study data suggested, according to the Times of London.

At what age should the cervical cancer vaccine for women not be used?

Recommending that pediatrics patients eat less fat might not be the best advice.

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.

No matter the sport, there are pieces of protective gear that players should wear to keep them as safe as possible.

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.