DAVID S. REITMAN, MD Children's National Medial Center
DAVID S. REITMAN, MDChildren's National Medial Center
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<P>While time with patients is limited, pediatricians need to build a rapport that permits a glimpse into the adolescent's real concerns. In general, if a teen...
LINDA S. NIELD, MD West Virginia University School of Medicine
LINDA S. NIELD, MD
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Vaccination must be prompted before and on entry into elementary school. Not only does vaccination provide substantial health benefits to society, it is the law.
By LARISSA HIRSCH, MD and CHARLES A. POHL, MD—Series Editor Dr Hirsch is an instructor of pediatrics at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. She is also a medical editor for KidsHealth.org. Dr Pohl is professor of pediatrics and associate dean of student affairs and career counseling at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
By LARISSA HIRSCH, MD and CHARLES A. POHL, MD—Series Editor Dr Hirsch is an in...
A 5-year-old boy with seizure disorder and developmental delay presented to our allergy and immunology clinic for a severe reaction that developed after he had received multiple vaccines.
VERT MOONEY, MD, JOHN MAYER, DC, PhD, and DAVID WOODBRIDGE, PT University of California, San Diego, US Spine & Sport Medical Center, and US Spine & Sport Foundation, San Diego
Dr Mooney is clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and medical director of the US Spine & Sport Medical Center in San Diego. Dr Mayer is director of research at the US Spine & Sport Foundation in San Diego. Mr Woodbridge is a physiotherapist at the US Spine & Sport Medical Center.
VERT MOONEY, MD, JOHN MAYER, DC, PhD, and DAVID WOODBRIDGE, PT
University of California...
Adolescent scoliosis often is identified as idiopathic scoliosis--the precise cause of the spinal curvature that occurs in early adolescence remains unknown.
Since infancy, the child has had moderate to severe eczema that is controlled with a topical corticosteroid (hydrocortisone 1%), moisturizer, and tacrolimus( 0.03% (on the facial rash).
