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Volume 12, Issue 8

August 1996

ISSN 1073-0397

EISSN 1556-3332

In this Issue

News and Features
Health Briefs
Washington Report
Letter from the President
Research Update
Vision Screening
Focus on Practice
Second Opinions
Policies in Pediatrics
For Your Benefit
CME News
Health Alert
Fellows in the News
In Memoriam
Corrections

Advocacy Action

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Topics: advocacy , television , self control

News and Features

Electronics enhance AAP efforts

GERRY CLARK

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Topics: electronic , internet

Young athletes' eyes: keep them covered

Michele Turk

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Topics: athlete , eye , eye injuries

Poor reimbursement hampers continuity of care

PETER RAPPO

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Topics: continuity of patient care , reimbursement mechanisms , chronic disease

Flu treatment period expands by two weeks

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Topics: influenza

Multispecialty groups experience growth spurt

AAP Division of Physician Payment Systems

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Topics: employer , government , group practice , growth and development , health maintenance organizations

Pediatricians struggle to serve patients, not the `bottom line'

ANNETTE SPENCE

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Topics: cost savings , ethics , managed care programs , money , mouth

`Ideas into actions': Donors help improve children's lives worldwide

AAP Department of Development

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Topics: donors

Health Briefs

Lawn mower injuries

LUANN ZANZOLA

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Topics: lawn mower injuries

College alcohol use

LUANN ZANZOLA

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Topics: alcohol drinking

Preemies' DTP tolerance

LUANN ZANZOLA

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Topics: infant, premature , diphtheria , pertussis , tetanus , immunization

Maternal smoking and meningococcal risk

LUANN ZANZOLA

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Topics: smoking in pregnancy

Tourette, ADHD inheritance

LUANN ZANZOLA

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Topics: adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , genetic inheritance , tourette syndrome

New lead test

LUANN ZANZOLA

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Topics: Adolescent Medicine , blood capillaries , filters , lead level , whole blood

Children's fiber intake

LUANN ZANZOLA

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Topics: constipation , diabetes mellitus, type 2 , dietary fiber , hyperlipidemia , obesity

Washington Report

Improving children's TV: mission possible

LEIGH ANN BLUESTEIN

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Topics: computed tomographic angiography , federal communications commission , knowledge acquisition , statutes and laws , teeth

Congressional recess alert

LEIGH ANN BLUESTEIN

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Topics: congress (u.s. legislature) , labor , teaching , holidays , statutes and laws

Rep. Connie Morella: A portrait of political sense and sensibility

Leigh Ann Bluestein

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Topics: awards and prizes , budgets , congress (u.s. legislature) , fruit , telephone

Tobacco-free

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Topics: tobacco

Letter from the President

Annual Meeting promises learning opportunities

Ed Keenan

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Topics: wind

Research Update

Hospital expansion: affecting pediatricians?

AAP Division of Child Health Research

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Topics: ambulatory care facilities , community

Vision Screening

Seeing young children through improved eye exams

MICHELE TURK

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Topics: ophthalmic examination and evaluation , visual impairment , ambulatory care services

Focus on Practice

Heeding warning signs can head off termination

GERRY CLARK

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Topics: managed care programs

Second Opinions

Protect parental rights

Y. Sammy Choi

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Topics: child abuse , public health medicine , sexually transmitted diseases

Turn off the tube

Victor Troll

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Topics: hand , knowledge acquisition , mathematics , television

Spanking studies needed

Peter Nieman

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Topics: corporal punishment

`Hostile and demeaning'

Louise Anne Owens

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Topics: child abuse , child abuse prevention , corporal punishment , emotions , second opinion

Portrait: Reflections

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Topics: dominican republic , shoes

Not rigorous or reasoned

Steven Joffe

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Topics: regret , second opinion , social welfare

Chastity challenge

Mary Keen

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Topics: abortion, induced , second opinion , terminally ill

Policies in Pediatrics

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Topics: disability , disabled children , fragile x syndrome , genetics , illicit drugs

For Your Benefit

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Topics: agriculture , cartoons , food , kindergartens , lions

CME News

Course covers contraceptives and cardiology cases

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Topics: cardiology , contraceptive agents

Health Alert

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Topics: choking , consumer product safety , mental recall , toys

Fellows in the News

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Topics: awards and prizes , communicable diseases , grassland , health care systems , professors

In Memoriam

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Topics: child psychiatry , developmental and behavioral pediatrics , schools, medical

Corrections

Fellows in the News

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Topics: apgar score , telephone

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