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Volume 20, Issue 6
June 2002
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ISSN 1073-0397
EISSN 1556-3332

News and Features

Weighty Matters: Countless teens are engaging in extreme behaviors such as using diet pills, vomiting and exercising excessively
Deborah Johnson
View articletitled, Weighty Matters<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">Countless teens are engaging in extreme behaviors such as using diet pills, vomiting and exercising excessively</span>
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Topics: diet , eating disorders , exercise , vomiting
Academy offers wealth of HIPAA resources
View articletitled, Academy offers wealth of HIPAA resources
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Topics: health insurance portability and accountability act
Medicaid recipients can sue: Michigan court
View articletitled, Medicaid recipients can sue: Michigan court
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Topics: medicaid , michigan
FDA approves new DTaP vaccine
View articletitled, FDA approves new DTaP vaccine
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Topics: diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccines , united states food and drug administration
Update on vaccine shortages June 2002
View articletitled, Update on vaccine shortages June 2002
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Topics: vaccines
Pay AAP dues by Nov. 30 to avoid losing benefits
View articletitled, Pay AAP dues by Nov. 30 to avoid losing benefits
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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies , students, medical
A special breed: Rural pediatricians deal with isolation, transportation woes, financial pressures
Shazia Bashir
View articletitled, A special breed<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">Rural pediatricians deal with isolation, transportation woes, financial pressures</span>
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Topics: financial stress , rural health , transportation , loneliness
Sign of the times: Physicians are trading their phones for computers to communicate with patients more effectively, efficiently
Lori O’Keefe
View articletitled, Sign of the times<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">Physicians are trading their phones for computers to communicate with patients more effectively, efficiently</span>
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Topics: computers , telephone
Assessing psychosocial health: Cover all areas of child and family functioning when evaluating for referrals
Mary Thomas
View articletitled, Assessing psychosocial health<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">Cover all areas of child and family functioning when evaluating for referrals</span>
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Topics: family functioning , medical coding , reimbursement mechanisms , wegener granulomatosis , psychosocial problem
CMS visiting CLIA labs to ensure test accuracy
Lori O’Keefe
View articletitled, CMS visiting CLIA labs to ensure test accuracy
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Topics: clinical laboratory improvement amendments , health care financing administration , laboratory , mountain sickness, chronic , myasthenic syndromes, congenital
Tools can help you prepare for recertification exam
Deborah Johnson
View articletitled, Tools can help you prepare for recertification exam
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Topics: self assessment , computers , maintenance of certification
Rules of the road: States with graduated driver’s licensing programs are seeing fewer teens involved in car accidents
Jason Tuffree
View articletitled, Rules of the road<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">States with graduated driver’s licensing programs are seeing fewer teens involved in car accidents</span>
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Topics: licensure , traffic accidents , statutes and laws
AAP supplement planned for USA Today
View articletitled, AAP supplement planned for USA Today
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Topics: advertising , breast feeding , child development , color , fever
PedJobs attracting job applicants, employers
Sheryl Cash
View articletitled, PedJobs attracting job applicants, employers
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Topics: employer
Weigh benefits, limits of putting health records online
Joseph H. Schneider, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Weigh benefits, limits of putting health records online
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Topics: chronic disease , computers , internet , laboratory , medical records
13 projects win Healthy Tomorrows grants
View articletitled, 13 projects win Healthy Tomorrows grants
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Topics: child health , community , family support , health services , health services accessibility
High priority information delivered via AAP e-Breaking News
View articletitled, High priority information delivered via AAP e-Breaking News
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Topics: internet
Academy successfully challenges coding issue
View articletitled, Academy successfully challenges coding issue
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Topics: medical coding , vaccine delivery , cpt codes
Dr. Johnston will assume AAP presidency in 2003
View articletitled, Dr. Johnston will assume AAP presidency in 2003
Resume routine schedule for Td boosters
View articletitled, Resume routine schedule for Td boosters
Topics: resume , vaccines
Vaccine update
View articletitled, Vaccine update
Topics: diphtheria-tetanus vaccine , influenza , smallpox , vaccines , advisory committee on immunization practices

Health Briefs

Health Briefs - June 2002
Carla Kemp
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Topics: mercury , metered dose inhalers , thermometers , water fluoridation

Washington Report

HHS reverses course on Pediatric Rule
Poppy Meier
View articletitled, HHS reverses course on Pediatric Rule
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Topics: statutes and laws , united states dept. of health and human services , united states food and drug administration
AAP endorses legislation to allow health plan negotiations
Poppy Meier
View articletitled, AAP endorses legislation to allow health plan negotiations
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Topics: negotiating , statutes and laws
Save the dates
Poppy Meier
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Topics: calendars , education, medical, continuing
Change proposed in Medicaid lead screening
Poppy Meier
View articletitled, Change proposed in Medicaid lead screening
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Topics: lead measurement, quantitative , lead poisoning , medicaid
Pediatrician selected for prestigious health fellowship
Poppy Meier
View articletitled, Pediatrician selected for prestigious health fellowship
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Topics: health policy , seizures , united states dept. of health and human services , teaching , advocacy

Letter from the President

To reach our goals, we must focus on what unites us
Louis Z. Cooper, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, To reach our goals, we must focus on what unites us
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Topics: vaccines , principles of law and justice , thimerosal , aids, pediatric , brain injuries

Research Update

28 AAP-related abstracts presented
from the AAP Department of Practice and Research and the Center for Child Health Research
View articletitled, 28 AAP-related abstracts presented
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Topics: health insurance , tobacco use , passive smoking , child health , tobacco

Commentary

AAP policy must be about what’s best for children
Joseph R. Zanga, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, AAP policy must be about what’s best for children
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Topics: adoption , asthenia , beneficence , best interest standard , female homosexuality

Coding Corner

Coding Corner - June 2002
from the AAP Division of Health Care Finance and Practice
View articletitled, Coding Corner - June 2002
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Topics: medical coding , telephone , telephone therapy , care plan , pharmacists

Agency ABCs

Network helps children manage food allergies
View articletitled, Network helps children manage food allergies
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Topics: food allergy

Chapter Views and News

Pediatricians champion early hearing screening
from the AAP Department of Chapter and State Affairs
View articletitled, Pediatricians champion early hearing screening
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Topics: hearing screening

For Your Information

For Your Information - June 2002
View articletitled, For Your Information - June 2002
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Topics: education, medical, continuing , immunization , patient education , pediatric advanced life support , united states public health service

CME

EMERGENCY MEDICINE COURSE — QUEBEC
View articletitled, EMERGENCY MEDICINE COURSE — QUEBEC
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Topics: emergency medicine , professors , quebec , hospitals, pediatric , pediatric emergency medicine

Health Alerts

Health Alerts - June 2002
View articletitled, Health Alerts - June 2002
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Topics: cribs , mental recall , herpestidae , toys

Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News - June 2002
View articletitled, Fellows in the News - June 2002
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Topics: awards and prizes , hospitals, pediatric , professors , schools, medical , communicable diseases

In Memoriam

In Memoriam - June 2002
View articletitled, In Memoriam - June 2002
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Topics: cancer , congestive heart failure , heart failure , pneumonia , thromboangiitis obliterans

Seen & Heard

Seen & Heard - June 2002
from the AAP Office of Public Relations
View articletitled, Seen &amp; Heard - June 2002
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Topics: obstructive sleep apnea , sleep apnea syndromes , vaccines , violence , childhood obesity
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