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Volume 12, Issue 11

November 1996

ISSN 1073-0397

EISSN 1556-3332

In this Issue

News and Features
Health Briefs
Washington Report
Letter from the President
Election 1997
Research Update
Commentary
Focus on Practice
Chapter News
Second Opinions
Pediatricians and the Law
For Your Benefit
Health Alert
Fellows in the News
Corrections

Advocacy Action

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Topics: advocacy , computers , telecommunications , personal satisfaction , sex education

Judge's words inspire push for amendment

Annette Spence

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View articletitled, Judge's words inspire push for amendment

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Topics: constitutional amendments , gill , speech , statutes and laws

Racist perceptions 'demonize' nation's young people

Gerry Clark

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View articletitled, Racist perceptions 'demonize' nation's young people

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Topics: perception , color vision defect

News and Features

Government licenses combination vaccines: FDA's twin approvals promise easier fight against potentially deadly childhood diseases

Gerry Clark

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View articletitled, Government licenses combination vaccines: FDA's twin approvals promise easier fight against potentially deadly childhood diseases

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Topics: government , pediatric disorders , twins , vaccines, combined

Debate leads to action: Resolutions address multitude of managed-care issues

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Topics: managed care programs , negotiating contracts

Future Annual Chapter Forum improvements being planned

Thomas McInerny

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Topics: mealtimes

Keeping young female athletes on a healthy track

Laura J. Rongé

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Topics: athlete

New polio vaccine guidelines attacked: Sequential immunization schedule recommended

Gerry Clark

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View articletitled, New polio vaccine guidelines attacked: Sequential immunization schedule recommended

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Topics: immunization schedule , poliovirus vaccines , paralytic poliomyelitis , poliovirus vaccine, oral , vaccines

New coding procedures established under ICD-9-CM

AAP Division of Physician Payment Systems

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View articletitled, New coding procedures established under ICD-9-CM

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Topics: international classification of diseases , medical coding

SIDS policy revisions under consideration

John Kattwinkel

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Topics: sudden infant death

Dispelling myths surrounding correct CPT code use

AAP Division of Physician Payment Systems

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Topics: cpt codes , misconceptions , vaccines

Mother-infant bed sharing might decrease SIDS risk

AAP Division of Community Health Services

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View articletitled, Mother-infant bed sharing might decrease SIDS risk

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Topics: at risk for sudden infant death syndrome , co-sleeping , sudden infant death

Balance family commitments and career by mentoring

Rosario González de Rivas

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Topics: mentoring

CME course examines presymptomatic genetic testing

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Topics: education, medical, continuing , genetic screening , fever , generalized lymphadenopathy

Health Briefs

Cow's milk, diabetes

Luann Zanzola

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Topics: cow's milk , diabetes mellitus , diabetes mellitus, type 2

Fair play on ice

Luann Zanzola

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Topics: ice , gold

Chart-busters

Luann Zanzola

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Topics: length/height percentile for age , national center for health statistics (u.s.) , ohio , weight percentile for age

A mother's hand

Luann Zanzola

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Topics: emergency service, hospital , feelings , fever , hospitals, university , skin

Recurrent limb pain

Luann Zanzola

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Topics: extremity pain

Violence, then and now

Luann Zanzola

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Topics: violence

Washington Report

Longer newborn hospital stays become law

Leigh Ann Bluestein

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View articletitled, Longer newborn hospital stays become law

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Topics: statutes and laws , cerebrovascular accident , cesarean section , ischemic stroke

New ad campaign asks: "Whose Side Are You On?"

Leigh Ann Bluestein

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View articletitled, New ad campaign asks: "Whose Side Are You On?"

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Topics: advertising , father , gangs , multimedia , neighborhood

Congress lays foundation for pediatric studies

Leigh Ann Bluestein

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View articletitled, Congress lays foundation for pediatric studies

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Topics: congress (u.s. legislature) , incentives , pharmaceutical company , statutes and laws , united states food and drug administration

Letter from the President

Communication, continual vigilance remain essential

Robert E. Hannemann

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Election 1997

Vice presidential candidates outline accomplishments

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Topics: community , hospitals, urban , internship and residency , professors

Research Update

Periodic survey explores resident training site patterns

AAP Department of Research

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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies , ambulatory care services

Commentary

South Africans meeting health-care challenges head-on

Renée Jenkins

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Topics: health care , south africa

Focus on Practice

Keep on top of the bottom line: Offering billing options encourages prompt payment

Gerry Clark

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Topics: billing and payment , eye

Chapter News

Coalition slashes Milwaukee murder rate: 'Safe Night' program shelters violence-plagued teens

Luann Zanzola

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View articletitled, Coalition slashes Milwaukee murder rate: 'Safe Night' program shelters violence-plagued teens

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Topics: homicide , violence , ethanol

Second Opinions

Lessons to be learned

Ave M. Lachiewicz

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Topics: frustration , learning disorder

Portrait: Karate kids

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Topics: karate

Distortions

Brian W. Donnelly

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Topics: abortion, induced , national center for health statistics (u.s.) , principles of law and justice

Pediatricians and the Law

Remain on the playing field and out of the courtroom

Charles Deitschel

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Topics: play behavior , sports medicine

For Your Benefit

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Topics: awards and prizes , cd-rom , child abuse , parenting behavior , patient education

Health Alert

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Topics: carbon fiber , consumer product safety , crack cocaine , leg

Fellows in the News

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Topics: bicycle safety , colorado , community , las vegas , new mexico

Corrections

Fellows in the News

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Topics: child health

Fellows in the News

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Topics: canada , quebec

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