The sharply demarcated, smooth red plaques on this 3-year-old's tongue had been present for several months. The child initially refused to stick out his tongue. He cooperated after he was offered a lollipop (with the stipulation that "the wider he opened his mouth, the bigger the lollipop he would receive").
The parents of a 7-month-old girl brought their daughter for immediate medical attention after she passed bright green-colored stool. For the past 24 hours, the child had mild fussiness and a low-grade fever (temperature, 38.1°C [100.6°F]); she also had vomiting and mild diarrhea, with yellow-colored stools. The mother was advised to begin small, frequent feedings of oral rehydration solution with gradual return to the baby's normal diet, as tolerated. Over the next 12 hours, the vomiting and fussiness decreased and the fever resolved, but the mild diarrhea persisted and stools turned bright green. The parents denied giving the child green-colored drinks or food.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have joined forces with other public and private groups to raise the nation’s awareness of the health benefits of fruits and vegetable consumption.
Information on voluntary recalls of Dole packaged salads called Dole Hearts Delight sold in the US and Canada, and B. Braun Medical's Normal Saline Flush syringes .
An updated Vaccine Information Sheet for the Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (MCV4)is now available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the intranasal influenza vaccine FluMist in children ages 2 to 5 years.
With increasing rates of premature births, primary care providers face questions about how to follow the neurodevelopment of these at-risk infants and children. Here's what to expect and how to optimize outcomes.
With increasing rates of premature births, primary care providers face questions about how to follow the neurodevelopment of these at-risk infants and children. Here's what to expect and how to optimize outcomes.
Promoting pediatric oral health and hygiene
Pediatric exam room decals * Handheld blood analyzer * Nasal wash system
A review of sixteen children's books that address the back-to-school season.
Promoting healthy eating to kids.
Diarrheal infection * Urinary tract infection * Respiratory syncytial virus ... and more
Doctors are expanding office hours to meet growing competition, improve patient access, and cope with limited space.
The central umbilical cord blood dilemma is between donating a newborn's cord blood for others' use and banking it for the family's possible future therapy.
For parents or practitioners looking for advice on temper tantrums-from the common ones of the terrible twos to those of teens lashing out at their parents-the Web offers pools of advice a mile wide but only a few inches deep.
The dramatic rise in autism cases is a mystery-is there a cause? Is it preventable? Regardless, we know more about it and other developmental disorders than ever before.
Most every child will put a tooth under their bed pillow, and hope the Tooth Fairy exchanges it for a dollar bill (or a five, since the days of the Tooth Fairy using pocket change are long gone).
With increasing rates of premature births, primary care providers face questions about how to follow the neurodevelopment of these at-risk infants and children. Here's what to expect and how to optimize outcomes.
The pros and cons of banking umbilical cord blood.
Is it high time to retire of concept of non-intervention for molluscum?
Interpreting pediatric ECGs
A case study of a young child who presented with a bullous insect reaction.
A high suspicion for malignancies needs to be maintained in order to prevent a delayed diagnosis.
Asthma inhalers, pediatric vaccination, and government funding of children's health insurance are the talk of the town this month.
Pediatric product recalls * Pediatric cardiac devices * Pediatric medications
Letters to the Editor
A discussion on how the summer months have become a working part of the year.
ABSTRACT: Patient compliance is a significant problem in exercise therapy and bracing for adolescent scoliosis, and exercise has been considered to have no therapeutic benefit. According to recent studies, however, muscle function asymmetry is a consistent finding in patients with this condition and is correctable with progressive resistance exercises. Patients' baseline and progress can be quantified accurately with exercise by performing precise measurements of torso rotation and lumbar strengthening. Strengthening is associated with control of scoliotic curves, if they are below the operative level. Because even some decrease in the amount of curve may be expected, this form of therapy may be as beneficial as bracing. The treatment also may be used for controlling pain in older patients with scoliosis.