Repeat sex talks influence teens more than one 'big
talk'.(Behavioral Pediatrics)
Talking frequently with adolescents about sexuality is more
effective than having one "big talk" and then ignoring the
topic, data from a study of 312 adolescents show.
Given this, it makes sense . . .
Assessing functioning across domains, part 2.(Behavioral
Consult)
Last month, this column focused on the importance of assessing a
child's behavioral functioning across five important life domains:
family, friendships, school, community / activities, and mood.
. . .
Autism is not an epidemic.(Guest Editorial)
clinicians who treat children who have pervasive developmental
disorders are likely to be asked by parents to explain the rising
prevalence of autism and the possible environmental causes. Let me . . .
Correction.(Correction notice)
The article "Expert Details Hepatitis B Tests" Clinical
Value" (February 2008, p. 18) should have stated that the
appearance of hepatitis B surface antibodies (not antigen) in a patient
being . . .
Cough drops for kids: age matters.(Letters)(Letter to the
editor)
Regarding the use of honey as a cough suppressant, Dr. James
Taylor, described as having "'an interest in complementary
medicines," stated that "'any soothing cough drop might
work equally well'" . . .
Keep youngsters safe--from hysteria.(Letters)(Letter to the
editor)
Boy, was I grateful to read Dr. William G. Wilkoff's column
regarding lead exposure ("Heavy Metal Tales," Letters From
Maine, February 2008, p. 24).
It was nice to hear a little levelheaded . . .
Tincture of time may not be enough.(Letters)(Letter to the
editor)
With regard to the article on developmental delay issues by Dr.
William G. Wilkoff ("Biding One's Tongue," Letters From
Maine, January 2008, p. 26), I think it's safe to say I am one of
those . . .
Does amoxicillin really fail vs. strep?(Letters)(Letter to the
editor)
I'm curious, as I'm sure many are, about recurrent group
A streptococci in some of our patients ("Amoxicillin Failure in
Strep Throat," ID Consult, September 2007, p. 10).
The theory expressed by . . .
Weighty mysteries.(Letters From Maine)
Since I had seen her last year, my 5-year-old patient Tiana had
gained so much weight that I almost didn't recognize her. I knew
that when I looked at her growth curve it would now include a . . .
Saline nasal wash relieves cold symptoms, recurrence.(Infectious
Diseases)
Saline nasal wash significantly improved symptoms in children with
acute common colds or respiratory flu, and also reduced recurrences,
researchers reported.
An isotonic saline nasal wash made . . .
Nondrug therapies may soothe cold symptoms.(Infectious
Diseases)
In light of the recent Food and Drug Administration warnings
against using over-the-counter cold medicines in children under 2 years
of age, parents and physicians alike are wondering what . . .
DTaP vaccine now cleared for all five doses.(Infectious
Diseases)
The diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine
manufactured by Sanofi-Pasteur was approved last month for use as the
fifth consecutive dose of the vaccine series in children aged 4 . . .
Fever in child less than 2 years old? Think UTI.(Infectious
Diseases)
INCLINE VALLEY, NEV. -- Urinary tract infection is so common in
children younger than age 2 years that a physician should almost always
get a urine culture when working up a fever in a child that . . .
FDA approves two-dose rotavirus vaccine.(Infectious
Diseases)
The Food and Drug Administration approved the Rotarix vaccine on
April 3, making it the second vaccine approved for the treatment of
rotavirus in the United States.
The oral live-attenuated . . .
Mass. curtails free vaccines for older children.(Infectious
Diseases)
Massachusetts health authorities, facing huge demands for vaccines
to prevent meningitis, diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis, and chickenpox,
have asked the state's pediatricians to limit use of the . . .
HPV infection documented at 18% in teen girls, study
shows.(Infectious Diseases)
CHICAGO -- Cancer- and genital wart-associated HPV was the most
prevalent sexually transmitted disease among teenage girls, affecting
18% of participants in the first large study of STDs in this . . .
Longer needle, thigh site better for fifth DTaP
vaccination.(Infectious Diseases)(Clinical report)
Use of a 25-mm needle was associated with less risk of redness and
pain than was use of a 16-mm needle among children receiving their fifth
diphtheriatetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine, according . . .
No vaccine-autism link in feds' ruling.(ID Consult)
I would like to clear up some of the confusion surrounding a recent
federal government ruling that vaccines might have contributed to
autismlike symptoms in a child with underlying mitochondrial . . .
Infection control begins with shots, clean hands.(Infectious
Diseases)
Consistent handwashing, staff immunizations, and common sense are
the keys to preventing and controlling infections in an office practice,
said Dr. Jerome O. Klein, a professor of pediatrics at . . .
Mandated Ill. hep B vaccination tops 90% goal.(Infectious
Disease)
A 1997 state requirement that all children in Illinois receive the
hepatitis B vaccine series in order to enter the fifth grade has not
only raised the rate of vaccination to more than 90% in a . . .
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