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Most people go to the hospital to get healthy. That's not the case lately when people make a stop at the cafeteria. More and more, hospital cafeterias are serving fast food for patients, visitors, and staff. A recent study sought to determine the prevalence and type of brand name fast food (BNFF) in academic-affiliated hospitals. The study used medical students to report on fast food franchises at the teaching hospitals through which they rotate.

According to the Hoosick Area Partnership for Parents and Youth (HAPPY), the attitudes and behaviors of youths toward drinking alcohol, smoking, and taking drugs are largely changing for the better.

A 12-month-old Hmong male is brought in for evaluation of fever, vomiting, and diarrhea. What is causing his symptoms?

A 3 1/2 year-old boy's left eyelid is red and swollen with a small hole in the center, and he is unable to open the affected eye. What's the diagnosis?

As parents of twins, triplets, or even larger sets of multiples, you may feel your situation is unique. But the truth is, you have lots of company. The rate of multiple gestation and delivery is at record high levels worldwide. One in every 250 American deliveries is a multiple birth.

New codes for the New Year: Addition to circumcision codes, consultations, and nebulizations.

Get off to a good start with these helpful hints for your practice.

Do you find it difficult to have trusting relationships with your adolescent patients? Are you sometimes afraid to find out too much? The author explains how to open up conversations by focusing on the teenager's strengths-and how rewarding the results can be.

Thyroid problems can be worrisome, but relatively few children referred for workup for an abnormal thyroid test have clinically significant disease. Choosing the right screening tests can prevent these costly encounters without compromising children whose test results warrant close follow-up and possible intervention.

Thyroid problems can be worrisome, but relatively few children referred for workup for an abnormal thyroid test have clinically significant disease. Choosing the right screening tests can prevent these costly encounters without compromising children whose test results warrant close follow-up and possible intervention.

These days, most pediatricians have at least one set of twins among their patients, and triplets or even higher order multiples are not uncommon. Here's what you need to know to meet the special needs of these children and counsel their parents appropriately.

How the Internet can teach us a thing or two about comprehensive health care for children.

A 4-year-old girl presented with bilateral deviation of the fifth fingers. The deformity was noted in early childhood. There was no history of trauma or family history of a similar deformity. Physical examination was normal except for incurving of the fifth fingers.

In recent years, adolescents have begun to turn to unconventional sources of drugs to abuse. One such drug that is becoming more and more popular among teenagers is dextromethorphan, a common ingredient in many cough and cold medications. In large doses, dextromethorphan is broken down into dextrorphan, which can produce euphoria and hallucinations--effects similar to those of phencyclidine

I appreciated the excellent photograph of cutaneous leishmaniasis thatCPT Kenneth Brooks recently contributed to Photoclinic (CONSULTANT, June2004, page 1018, Figure).