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Little girls and young women athletes will be teaching us a lot, if we'll just pay attention. We don't really know yet about all the ways athletics will affect the psyches and the physical health of our daughters and our female patients. What those girls and young women should know, however, is that we recognize that their bodies can help them succeed in ways never imagined.

Recognizing and treating an anaphylactic reaction are only part of managing this life-threatening condition. Equally important is preventing a recurrence by finding out what caused the episode.

Don't let the joys of summer be destroyed by the tragedy of drowning. Know how to manage this emergency and--better yet--how to teach parents about prevention.

Do you do a genital exam on your male adolescent patients? You should. These adolescent specialists demystify the process by teaching you where the landmarks are and what to look for.

Recognizing cerebral palsy in the first year of life has substantial benefits for both the infant and the family. Here are the risk factors and motor signs to look for.

When a child's seizures won't stop, frantic parents rely on you to tell them what to do. This review will bring you up to date on how to respond to this potentially dangerous emergency.

A 15-year-old boy with a possible eating disorder.

A 12-year-old girl with insulin-dependent diabetes comes to your office for you to evaluate several scar-like reddish-yellow plaques that developed on her shins over the last three months. The lesions do not hurt or itch, she reports, but they are continuing to spread.

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It isn't only that kids are killing kids on city streets and in schools. It isn't only that bringing weapons to school seems to have become as common a reason children are disciplined by teachers as talking in class. It isn't only that song lyrics children sing are filled with violence and cruelty.It's all of these changes in the behavior of our children that have made us pay attention, finally, to one horrible afternoon in Colorado.

From Littleton, Colorado, I write to tell you that this community is contorted with grief. Complacency is no longer an option. Recognize that we have a problem. Recognize that this killing will happen again, perhaps to your child, before we find the means and the will to make it stop. And then act on that recognition, that our suffering will not have been in vain.

Repetitive motions put athletes in these performance sports at high risk for overuse injuries. Here are the signs to look for and tests to perform. Look for disordered eating and amenorrhea, too.

General pediatricians do not always have access to a neonatologist when they need one. This case-based review will refresh and update your knowledge of how to approach neonatal problems ranging from the need for resuscitation to development of a rash.

The test results are in. What do they mean, and where do you go from here? Is treatment indicated? Should you put the baby on a monitor? What should you tell the parents? These guidelines will help you decide. Second of two parts.

Publicity about an increase in melanoma has some parents panicked. Pediatricians can set these concerns at rest, as well as their own, with a clear understanding of when a mole suggests melanoma and the role of sunlight in melanoma development.

A single "best way" just doesn't emerge from the data available. What's a pediatrician to do? Know the science of medicine, but also be ready to practice the art.

A 10-year old boy has a long history of poor school performance and multiple daily episodes of suddenly falling down, causing bruised, painful knees, which have prompted several visits to the emergency department. The falls have been labeled "drop attack epilepsy" by a pediatric neurologist and have continued despite daily anti-epileptic medication.

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From Littleton, Colorado, I write to tell you that this community is contorted with grief. Complacency is no longer an option. Recognize that we have a problem. Recognize that this killing will happen again, perhaps to your child, before we find the means and the will to make it stop. And then act on that recognition, that our suffering will not have been in vain.