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The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation has produced a tool for school personnel, child-care providers, and others entrusted with the care of a child who has type-1 diabetes. "Facts about Diabetes: A guide for school personnel and child care providers" features information about the disease and how it is controlled; clear instructions on handling emergency situations, such as an insulin reaction; and a diabetes management form that can be personalized. The brochure can also be a useful prompt for you to talk with parents of a diabetic child during office visits about their school-day concerns.

A multi-institution study from Canada that tracks the surge in asthma emergencies after the start of the school year serves to remind clinicians that back-to-school asthma is an annual and predictable phenomenon triggered by students' return to school with viral infections. The phenomenon has been documented in previous studies, in the United States and Canada, that showed that more than six times as many asthmatic children of elementary school age are admitted to the hospital in early fall than in summer.But you can make a difference when this seasonal wave overtakes young asthmatics: Give their parents appropriate counseling to help them lessen the morbidity that arises in the classroom and cafeteria. On that point, the American Lung Association offers insight and assistance.

What's the motivation behind the increasing pressure on deans and department chairs to increase diversity among students, trainees, and faculty members?

The latest products and technology for your patients and your practice.

Handhelds, or personal digital assistants (PDAs), have evolved a great deal since their beginnings as a monochromatic screen with miniscule memory. Here is a look at how you, your practice, and your patients can benefit when you use a PDA.

In light of the FDA's black box warning about potential bone loss in teenagers, how do you counsel teenagers about this highly effective birth control method? Recommendations from the World Health Organization provide a practical, evidence-based approach to weighing the risks.

Emerging and spreading zoonoses are major concerns among the public and public health professionals. Recognition, surveillance, and reporting are our first line of defense.

Is deafness a disability or a difference? Crucial medical and educational choices hinge on the approach to this question. Second of two parts.

Hearing parents of a deaf infant face emotional hurdles and complex choices about how to communicate with and educate their child. The counseling you provide can set the stage for success or failure. First of two parts.

When parents ask about supplements and other so-called natural remedies for depression, what do you tell them? This review of what is known about herbal and dietary treatments for depression in pediatric patients will help you provide an informed response.

Here are practical solutions to 10 common problems encountered by children and parents using an enuresis alarm.

Childhood melanoma is a challenging diagnosis even for a clinician who sees pigmented skin lesions every day. The authors share their international experience with you and describe what you need to know in your practice about the rare, but real, childhood melanoma.

Can you determine what's causing this baby's nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, and noisy breathing?

A boy with a history of skin eruption, intermittent fever, and generalized weakness now has red bumps on the bony prominences of his hands, elbows, and knees. What's the diagnosis?

What's the motivation behind the increasing pressure on deans and department chairs to increase diversity among students, trainees, and faculty members?

A 9-year-old girl presented with a 3-hour history of unremitting severe cramping in her hands and legs. A similar episode occurred a month earlier, but it resolved with massage.

A 16-year-old boy complains of right lower leg pain that began 2 weeks earlier, after his first week at a summer basketball conditioning camp. Before he left for the camp, he was jogging off and on, averaging a few miles a week. At camp he began running 7 miles a day and doing sprints 3 times a week.