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Contents: Volume 29, Issue 7   [Index by Author]         NEWS AND FEATURES        HEALTH BRIEFS        WASHINGTON REPORT        PRESIDENT-ELECT CANDIDATES        LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT        RESEARCH UPDATE        FOCUS ON SUBSPECIALTIES        PEDIATRICIANS AND THE LAW        CONSULTANT'S CORNER        CODING CORNER        AAP ABROAD        CHAPTER VIEWS AND NEWS        FOR YOUR INFORMATION        FOR YOUR BENEFIT        CME        HEALTH ALERTS        FELLOWS IN THE NEWS        IN MEMORIAM        SEEN & HEARD        PARENT PLUS        LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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NEWS AND FEATURES:

Immunization Alliance to develop compelling messages for parents
AAP News 2008 29: 1. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zoster vaccines not just for children anymore
AAP News 2008 29: 1. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

This month in Pediatrics
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Hydroxyurea in children with sickle cell disease: When, how should it be used?
AAP News 2008 29: 12. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Online scheduler keeps track of missed immunizations
AAP News 2008 29: 14. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ECGs ‘not necessary’ • Carefully assess all children for cardiac abnormalities, advises AAP policy statement
AAP News 2008 29: 17. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vaccine watchdogs • Sorting out the federal vaccine advisory roles of ACIP, NVAC and ACCV
AAP News 2008 29: 19. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Music as medicine: In neonatal and rehabilitation units, operating rooms and oncology departments, music therapy is helping to calm, energize, encourage and soothe patients
AAP News 2008 29: 22. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bridging the culture gap • Treating diverse populations: Insights on providing effective care
AAP News 2008 29: 32. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AAP clinical report addresses prevention, treatment of atherosclerosis in children
AAP News 2008 29: 36. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pediatric leaders to take agenda for children to candidates
AAP News 2008 29: 37. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HEALTH BRIEFS:

Dry dog food causes multistate Salmonella outbreak
AAP News 2008 29: 2. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caffeinated cocktails pose risk to college students
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Bougienage effective for managing coin lodged in throat
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WASHINGTON REPORT:

Pediatricians lend expertise to federal disaster-planning panel
AAP News 2008 29: 1. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

New law bans genetic discrimination
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Fresh advocacy skills shared with colleagues
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PRESIDENT-ELECT CANDIDATES:

Colleen A. Kraft, M.D., FAAP: • A natural calling: Drawing on an ability to ‘connect people,’ this pediatrician makes a career out of seeking solutions to issues that move her
AAP News 2008 29: 10. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Judith S. Palfrey, M.D., FAAP: • This veteran academic leader and child advocate has the power to foster change
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT:

Take time to help eliminate tobacco from children’s lives
AAP News 2008 29: 6. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RESEARCH UPDATE:

AAP presents results of surveys of pediatricians, residents
AAP News 2008 29: 9. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FOCUS ON SUBSPECIALTIES:

A case study in transition to adult care settings: hydrocephalus
AAP News 2008 29: 20. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Autistic features part of global neurologic syndrome in children who have mitochondrial disease
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Simulation gaining acceptance in critical care training
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PEDIATRICIANS AND THE LAW:

Medico-legal education of pediatric residents remains inadequate
AAP News 2008 29: 16. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CONSULTANT'S CORNER:

Confidentiality considerations in the care of young adolescents
AAP News 2008 29: 15. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CODING CORNER:

Scenarios illustrate when to use CPT code 99058
AAP News 2008 29: 30. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AAP ABROAD:

Inaugural international CATCH programs share successes
AAP News 2008 29: 35. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Academy shares infant nutrition knowledge at Chinese symposium
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CHAPTER VIEWS AND NEWS:

Leaders flourish in AAP chapters thanks to pediatric alliance
AAP News 2008 29: 33. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

Report on health IT definitions
AAP News 2008 29: 24. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rabies recommendations, free CME
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New Institute of Medicine reports
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Practice Management Online
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2008 PREP Reference on CD-ROM
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Career fair at NCE
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‘The Pragmatic Pediatrician’ blog
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AAP/Indian Academy of Pediatrics meeting
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Bright Futures Web site updated
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Award-winning book
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FOR YOUR BENEFIT:

Resources for pediatricians address Agenda for Children priorities
AAP News 2008 29: 36. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CME:

Mark summer’s end with Practical Pediatrics in Chicago
AAP News 2008 29: 38. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HEALTH ALERTS:

Various magnets
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Jewelry and sun catcher sets
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Tinker Bell wands
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Sleeping bags
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Shaker instruments
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Rider toys
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Junior batting helmets
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Toy cell phones
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Wireless helicopters
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Children’s blankets
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Playground swing sets
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Infant rattles
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FELLOWS IN THE NEWS:

Honorary fellowship bestowed on Dr. Jenkins
AAP News 2008 29: 26. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pediatrician named interim director of genome research institute
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IN MEMORIAM:

AAP News 2008 29: 27. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SEEN & HEARD:

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PARENT PLUS:

Follow these hot tips for campfire safety
AAP News 2008 29: 29. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Practice’s vaccine policy statement not quite on the mark
AAP News 2008 29: 25. [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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