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Volume 12, Issue 1

January 1996

ISSN 1073-0397

EISSN 1556-3332

In this Issue

News and Features
Health Briefs
Washington Report
Election 1996
Commentary
Point of View
Second Opinions
Pediatricians and the Law
For Your Benefit
Health Alert
Fellows in the News
In Memoriam

News and Features

Several states poised to pass early discharge laws: Model legislation would safeguard newborns

GERRY CLARK

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View articletitled, Several states poised to pass early discharge laws: Model legislation would safeguard newborns

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Topics: statutes and laws

SIDS decline linked to parents' actions

ANNETTE SPENCE

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View articletitled, SIDS decline linked to parents' actions

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Topics: sudden infant death

Infant mortality rate drops to an all-time low

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View articletitled, Infant mortality rate drops to an all-time low

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Topics: infant mortality

CPT coding changes to affect pediatricians

AAP Division of Physician Payment Systems

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View articletitled, CPT coding changes to affect pediatricians

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Topics: cpt codes

AAP launches state-level Medicaid initiative

SAMUEL FLINT

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View articletitled, AAP launches state-level Medicaid initiative

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Topics: medicaid

AAP revises group B strep guidelines

NEAL HALSEY; WILLIAM OH

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View articletitled, AAP revises group B strep guidelines

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Topics: streptococcus group b , strep group b infections , american college of obstetricians and gynecologists , health care

Health Briefs

Violent video games

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Topics: video games

Grandmothers' influence

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Topics: grandmother

Low immunization rates

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Topics: immunization

Folk remedies

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Topics: folk medicine

Tobogganing injuries

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Topics: pediatric surgery , pediatric surgical procedures

Washington Report

CLIA relief measure dropped from budget bill

LEIGH ANN BLUESTEIN

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View articletitled, CLIA relief measure dropped from budget bill

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Topics: budgets , clinical laboratory improvement amendments

Medicaid reform drive slows

LEIGH ANN BLUESTEIN

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View articletitled, Medicaid reform drive slows

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Topics: medicaid

Bill would require parents' consent in federal surveys

LEIGH ANN BLUESTEIN

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View articletitled, Bill would require parents' consent in federal surveys

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Topics: adolescent health services , consent, parental , privacy , statutes and laws

Election 1996

Candidates describe primary-care strategies

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View articletitled, Candidates describe primary-care strategies

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Topics: primary health care

Commentary

Videotape use complements physicians' efforts

NEIL IZENBERG

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View articletitled, Videotape use complements physicians' efforts

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Topics: patient education , teaching

Point of View

Medicaid revamp poses health-care threat

STEVEN P. SHELOV

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Topics: health care , medicaid

Second Opinions

Tap-water sterilization

John F. Hick

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Topics: sterilization for infection control , sterilization, sexual

Speculum positioning

Roy Halpern

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Topics: advertising , index finger , otoscopes , second opinion

Growth-chart plotting

Samuel M. Freedman

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Topics: length/height percentile for age , weight percentile for age , fingolimod-associated macular edema , vital signs , well child visit

Pre-existing conditions

Patricia V. Rossi

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Topics: pre-existing condition

Filter-paper lead tests

Sergio Piomelli

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Topics: filters , capillary tubes , false-positive results

Unjust condemnation

Karl Verebey

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Topics: centers for disease control and prevention (u.s.) , filters , lead measurement, quantitative

Omission

Burton F. Willis

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Topics: chickenpox vaccine , employer , managed care programs , preventive health services , second opinion

Pediatricians and the Law

Supreme Court clarifies vaccine injury compensation

GEOFFREY EVANS

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View articletitled, Supreme Court clarifies vaccine injury compensation

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Topics: vaccines

For Your Benefit

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Topics: travel , traveler

Health Alert

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Topics: foot , surgical mesh , teaching , toys , turtle

Fellows in the News

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Topics: hospitals, university , professors , schools, medical

In Memoriam

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Topics: new york city , professors , prostate cancer , schools, medical

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