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Encourage your child to observe healthful behaviors, develop healthy eating habits, and be physically active.

Use acetaminophen or ibuprofen to treat your child's fever, and watch for symptoms and signs that will need a doctor's attention.

Obese adolescents who lose large amounts of weight due to bariatric surgery have better cardiac function and geometry, researchers report in the April 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

After pediatric liver transplantation, children aged 5 and over have compromised physical function and their parents have higher levels of stress. Although transplant families do not generally appear to have a higher level of family dysfunction, this may not be true for all demographic groups, according to a report published in the April issue of Liver Transplantation.

Most upper respiratory infections (URI) in children are complicated by ear aches, according to the March 15 Clinical Infectious Diseases.

New pediatric products from Toy Fair 2008: sign language flash cards, an interactive educational video game, and educational conversation cards.

A review of the latest sexually transmitted infection screening recommendations in teens.

Columbus' Nationwide Children's Hospital recently installed a videoconference center for its pediatric department, linking the large hospital to a small town an hour away.

News and commentary on parental education for ear pain, potential links between secondhand smoke and cystic fibrosis, and oral zinc as possible treatment for diarrhea.

A guide to help overweight status in children.

An anxious mother asks you to evaluate two slowly growing asymptomatic nodules on the third and fourth fingers of her healthy 4-month-old son.

Implementing the new expert recommendations on the stubborn problem of overweight/obesity in children.

An infant presents with blood-streaked stools.

A National Governors Association panel sets a deadline for electronic records for pediatric patients.

Halfway through her term as AAP President, Dr. Renee Jenkins, talks with CP and shares her views on the issues of child advocacy, reimbursements, residency programs, and what she would like to see from America's next Commander in Chief.

A reader discusses concerns about use of the over-the-counter drug ipecac among adolescents.

An editorial discussing recent misleading information related to vaccines and autism.

A proposal for stricter manufacturing standard by the state of Washington has the toy industry pledging to stop selling toys in the Evergreen State.

Figures A-D show 4 children with the same congenital malformation pattern. Children with this disorder often have a low birth weight and feeding problems in the nursery, with severe gastroesophageal reflux. Their cry is frequently low-pitched and growling. Among the characteristic birth defects are those that affect the limbs, as shown in these patients.

As pediatricians, we have been encouragingcar seat and seat belt use by our patients formany years-checking them off our list ofanticipatory guidance to be given at healthmaintenance visits. If we are not runningshort on time, we may even remember to remind preteensthat they should not get in the car with anyonewho has been drinking or using drugs. But are thereother issues we should be mentioning related to gettinginto cars that pose a risk to our patients?

A discussion of three types of Genital Lesions: Phimosis, Paraphimosis, and Hypospadias.

The patient's medical history was unremarkable. He had been born via normal vaginal delivery. His father had a history of strabismus. The child had fix-and-follow vision in both eyes. Extraocular muscle movement appeared normal. A Hirschberg test showed orthophoria. A Bruckner test showed symmetrical red reflexes in both eyes. Cycloplegic refraction revealed moderate hyperopic correction, which was symmetrical in both eyes. No retinal or optic nerve head defects were noted on dilated fundus examination.

An age-dependent increase in ceramide levels in the lungs of mice with cystic fibrosis causes many of the symptoms of the disease, which can be reversed by an inhibitor that normalizes ceramide levels, according to research published online March 30 in Nature Medicine.

Adverse drug events were the third leading cause of nonfatal injuries among infants, and the sixth leading cause of nonfatal injuries, among children ages 1 to 4 that led to emergency department visits from 2004 to 2005.

Although teenagers are aware that loud music from their MP3 players can damage their hearing, they choose not to lower the volume, according to the March Journal of Pediatrics.

An increasing body of evidence has advanced the understanding of social anxiety disorder as a distinct condition with neurobiological underpinnings, according to a seminar published in the March 29 issue of The Lancet.

While the participation of children in clinical trials has substantially improved childhood cancer survival rates, enrollment in cancer treatment clinical trials is lacking among 13- to 24-year-olds, according to two articles published in the April issue of The Lancet Oncology.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this week that it is investigating a possible association between the use of Singulair (montelukast) and mood and behavioral changes, suicidal thinking/behavior and suicide. Singulair, a leukotriene receptor antagonist, is used in the treatment of allergic rhinitis and asthma.