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Contents: Volume 28, Issue 5   [Index by Author]         NEWS AND FEATURES        HEALTH BRIEFS        WASHINGTON REPORT        PRESIDENT-ELECT CANDIDATES' POSITION STATEMENTS        LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT        RESEARCH UPDATE        FOCUS ON SUBSPECIALTIES        PEDIATRICIANS AND THE LAW        CODING CORNER        CHAPTER VIEWS AND NEWS        FOR YOUR INFORMATION        FOR YOUR BENEFIT        CME        SECOND OPINION        HEALTH ALERT        FELLOWS IN THE NEWS        IN MEMORIAM        SEEN & HEARD        PARENT PLUS

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NEWS AND FEATURES:

New AAP policy: Additional dose of varicella vaccine recommended for children
AAP News 2007 28: 1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bad breaths: What pediatricians need to know about a unique, deadly type of substance abuse that crosses all demographic, ethnic and socioeconomic boundaries
AAP News 2007 28: 1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

2007 resident match confirms popularity of pediatrics
AAP News 2007 28: 1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Final step in incremental strategy: Academy approves routine hepatitis A vaccination
AAP News 2007 28: 1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AAP President-elect, district office candidates announced
AAP News 2007 28: 5. [Full Text] [PDF]  

This month in Pediatrics
AAP News 2007 28: 6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Notifiable diseases list addition, clarification
AAP News 2007 28: 6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toilet training 101: Potty training in less than a day? Or child-directed bowel and bladder control? A recent report supports the use of either of these training methods.
AAP News 2007 28: 16. [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Provider Identifier deadline is May 23
AAP News 2007 28: 18. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Podcasts a convenient CME option
AAP News 2007 28: 18. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Health and safety the theme of 2007 Art Contest for kids
AAP News 2007 28: 22. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Athens to host 25th International Congress of Pediatrics
AAP News 2007 28: 26. [Full Text] [PDF]  

HHS offers radiation toolkit
AAP News 2007 28: 26. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Grant recipients aim to improve child health on local level
AAP News 2007 28: 27. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Address physical, emotional needs of youths in foster care
AAP News 2007 28: 30. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patterns of deception: Child victims of Munchausen syndrome by proxy can be subjected to needless hospitalizations, lab tests and even surgery. A new clinical report outlines how pediatricians can recognize and treat cases of abuse in the medical setting.
AAP News 2007 28: 34. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physicians see results after filing disputes against insurers
AAP News 2007 28: 35. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FDA: ADHD drugs must include patient guide
about cardiovascular, psychiatric adverse events
AAP News 2007 28: 2007259. [Full Text]  

FDA clears rapid test for meningitis
AAP News 2007 28: 2007260. [Full Text]  

Potentially blinding eye infection linked to lens solution requires early referral, treatment
AAP News 2007 28: 2007262. [Full Text]  

Inadequate iron in Similac formula
for premature infants prompts recall
AAP News 2007 28: 2007263. [Full Text]  

HEALTH BRIEFS:

Seafood warnings for pregnant women questioned
AAP News 2007 28: 2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicotine dependence common among occasional smokers
AAP News 2007 28: 2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vomiting after head trauma does not predict intracranial lesions
AAP News 2007 28: 2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

WASHINGTON REPORT:

Pediatricians promote SCHIP, increased benefits and payment
AAP News 2007 28: 4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hearing highlights importance of pediatric drugs, devices
AAP News 2007 28: 4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

New advocacy resources on child health
AAP News 2007 28: 4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

PRESIDENT-ELECT CANDIDATES' POSITION STATEMENTS:

AAP News 2007 28: 5. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AAP News 2007 28: 5. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT:

UNICEF report card yet another wake-up call for U.S.
AAP News 2007 28: 6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESEARCH UPDATE:

Pediatricians take aim at gun injuries among youths
AAP News 2007 28: 19. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FOCUS ON SUBSPECIALTIES:

Data do not support routine use of EKGs in young athletes
AAP News 2007 28: 14. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Follow 3 R's when providing consultation in primary care setting
AAP News 2007 28: 14. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reality check: Although difficult to perform in children, vision screening worth time, effort
AAP News 2007 28: 15. [Full Text] [PDF]  

PEDIATRICIANS AND THE LAW:

Medical liability reforms take hold at state level
AAP News 2007 28: 20. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CODING CORNER:

AAP News 2007 28: 32. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHAPTER VIEWS AND NEWS:

New initiative aims to improve quality at practice level
AAP News 2007 28: 10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

AAP patient safety Web site
AAP News 2007 28: 24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NIH seeks grant applications
AAP News 2007 28: 24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Children's Study proposals
AAP News 2007 28: 24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

National EMS Week: May 20-26
AAP News 2007 28: 24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asthma screening program
AAP News 2007 28: 24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AAP Grand Rounds subscriptions
AAP News 2007 28: 24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

PedJobs' CV builder
AAP News 2007 28: 24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AAP publications
AAP News 2007 28: 24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Breastfeeding conference
AAP News 2007 28: 24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FOR YOUR BENEFIT:

Renew AAP membership now to keep benefits intact
AAP News 2007 28: 33. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CME:

Make Minneapolis your CME destination in June
AAP News 2007 28: 39. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SECOND OPINION:

Single-payer system will not serve country well
AAP News 2007 28: 27. [Full Text] [PDF]  

HEALTH ALERT:

Infant carriers
AAP News 2007 28: 28. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Military-style play sets
AAP News 2007 28: 28. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Flannel pants
AAP News 2007 28: 28. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Model airplanes
AAP News 2007 28: 28. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bicycles
AAP News 2007 28: 28. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jackets with drawstrings
AAP News 2007 28: 28. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keyboards
AAP News 2007 28: 29. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Children's clothing
AAP News 2007 28: 29. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Children's jewelry
AAP News 2007 28: 29. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FELLOWS IN THE NEWS:

AAP Grand Rounds co-editor, Dr. First recognized for mentorship
AAP News 2007 28: 38. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AAP News 2007 28: 38. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IN MEMORIAM:

Past W.V. Chapter Chair Dr. Pomerance, 88, worked until day he died
AAP News 2007 28: 37. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AAP News 2007 28: 37. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SEEN & HEARD:

AAP News 2007 28: 37. [Full Text] [PDF]  

PARENT PLUS:

Listen up! MP3 players can cause hearing loss
AAP News 2007 28: 29. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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