Adolescent Medicine

• In the Journals

• Allergies linked to environmental diversity, human microbiota

• May 15, 2012
• Atopic individuals had less environmental biodiversity in the areas surrounding their homes — and less diverse skin bacteria — compared with...More »

• US teen birth rates hit new lows for all age, ethnic groups

• May 2, 2012
• The birth rate for US teenagers, aged 15 to 19 years, fell 9% from 2009 to 2010, the lowest level reported in the past 70 years of comparable data,...More »

• In the Journals

• Unintentional injury death rate down for US teens, children

• April 27, 2012
• The annual unintentional injury death rate in the United States declined 29% among persons aged 19 years and younger during the first decade of the 21st...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Automated speech and text messaging reminders improved adherence in pediatric asthma

• Infectious Diseases in Children, April 2012
• ORLANDO, Fla. — Medication adherence improved among young asthma patients who received tailored reminders through automated speech or text messaging...More »

• Health Policy

• CDC publishes ACIP recommendations for HPV vaccination in males

• December 30, 2011
• The CDC recently published the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations on the routine use of human papillomavirus vaccine.
  In October,...More »

• CDC urges physicians to continue vaccinating patients into 2012

• December 5, 2011
• In years past, influenza vaccinations used to nearly come to a halt after Thanksgiving, but the CDC is encouraging physicians to continue giving influenza...More »

• AAP updates meningococcal vaccination recommendations

• December 2, 2011
• The American Academy of Pediatrics’ guidelines on the use of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines are now in line with those recommended by...More »

• CME Article

• The Value of Community Pediatricians to Academic Health Centers

• Pediatric Annals, December 2011, Volume 40 Issue 12
• Although a century has passed since the Flexner Report to the Carnegie Commission was presented, its effect still resounds, having been the catalyst that...More »

• CME Article

• Behavioral Health Screening and Referral in the Pediatric Office

• Pediatric Annals, December 2011, Volume 40 Issue 12
• “The human and financial costs of emotional problems in children are both broad and deep; they affect children and their families, schools,...More »

• CME Article

• New Paradigms in Continuing Medical Education

• Pediatric Annals, December 2011, Volume 40 Issue 12
• Traditionally, continuing educational strategies have been intended to increase practitioner knowledge base in an attempt to alter provider behavior and...More »

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