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Volume 26, Issue 6

June 2005

ISSN 1073-0397

EISSN 1556-3332

In this Issue

News and Features
Health Briefs
Washington Report
Letter from the President
Research Update
Focus on Subspecialties
Pediatric Drug Labeling Update
Pediatricians and the Law
Coding Corner
Chapter Views and News
For Your Information
CME
Health Alerts
Fellows in the News
In Memoriam
Seen & Heard
Corrections

News and Features

Cuts to Medicaid funds threaten children's health care

Sheryl Cash

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Topics: child health , medicaid

The need for Zzz's: Could changing school start times improve health of adolescents and young adults?

Lori O'Keefe

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Topics: sleep , young adult , fatigue , high schools

PedJobs has plenty to offer job seekers, employers

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Topics: employer

Councils formed from merged AAP committees, sections: New structure will facilitate policy development, communication, education and advocacy

Trisha Korioth

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Topics: advocacy

Trivalent influenza vaccines covered under VICP July 1

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Topics: influenza vaccines , vaccine injury compensation program

Private sector advocacy group outlines plan of action

Steve Berman, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: advocacy , private sector

Alphabet soup: Making sense of acronyms used by electronic health record organizations

the AAP Division of Health Care Finance and Practice

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Topics: acronyms , electronic medical records , health information technology

DEET alternatives considered to be effective mosquito repellents

James R. Roberts, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP; William B. Weil, Jr., M.D., FAAP; Michael W. Shannon, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP

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Topics: culicidae , deet

Endowment will ensure Academy's role as leader in child health

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Topics: child health

You've got mail

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Topics: information services

This month in Pediatrics

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Topics: hypersomnia , internship and residency , medical residencies , young adult

Bombarded by media: As TV, computers and videos become ubiquitous in children's lives, pediatricians are urged to help change media habits

Donald L. Shifrin, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: computers , habits , screen time , television , obesity

Subspecialty growth among changes shaping workforce policy

the AAP Division of Graduate Medical Education and Pediatric Workforce

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Topics: workforce

Experts tackle childhood obesity issues

Sandra Hassink, M.D., FAAP; William J. Cochran, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: childhood obesity , obesity

Section drafting policy on reimbursement for phone care

Andrew Hertz, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: reimbursement mechanisms , telephone , telephone therapy

10 community projects awarded Healthy Tomorrows grants

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Topics: community , case management

Dr. Berkelhamer to assume AAP presidency in 2006

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Health Briefs

U.S. youths engage in `media multi-tasking'

Carla Kemp

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Topics: adolescent

Single-dose azithromycin effective for AOM

Carla Kemp

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Topics: azithromycin , single-dose regimen , amoxicillin

Clothes, not sunscreen, deter nevi on kids' skin

Carla Kemp

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Topics: clothing , nevus , skin , sunscreening agents

Washington Report

Pediatricians put advocacy into practice at 2005 Legislative Conference

Taryn Houghton Rosenkranz

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Topics: advocacy , congress (u.s. legislature) , medicaid

Legislative Update: Congress enacts Medicaid cuts

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Topics: medicaid

Success: EPA halts potentially harmful study to children

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Topics: environmental exposure , exposure , parent counseling , pesticides , united states environmental protection agency

Letter from the President

Media can be powerful ally in effort to promote child health

Carol D. Berkowitz, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: child health

Research Update

Survey: Pediatricians prefer educating patients face-to-face

the AAP Division of Heath Services Research

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Topics: patient education

Focus on Subspecialties

Fetal interventions for urologic malformations evolving

Michael C. Carr, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP

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Topics: congenital abnormality , fetal surgery , fetus , urology , meningomyelocele

Pediatric Drug Labeling Update

Prozac labeled as safe, effective for depression in children

the AAP Priority Drugs and Pediatric Labeling Education Project Advisory Committee

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Topics: childhood depression , fluoxetine

Pediatricians and the Law

Florida physicians serve as example of how to fight for liability reform

David Marcus, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: florida

Coding Corner

Coding Corner - June 2005

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Topics: medical coding

Chapter Views and News

Chapter-based collaborations help improve care for kids with ADHD

the AAP Department of Chapter and State Affairs; Carole M. Lannon, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP

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Topics: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , collaboration

For Your Information

For Your Information - June 2005

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Topics: awards and prizes , education, medical, continuing , gun violence , mental health , obesity

CME

Two PREP courses offer intensive review

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Topics: canada , education, medical, continuing , maintenance of certification , newborn , perinatal period

Health Alerts

Health Alerts - June 2005

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Topics: all-terrain vehicles , choking , cribs , pacifiers , toys

Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News - June 2005

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Topics: autistic disorder , awards and prizes , professors , schools, medical , hematology

In Memoriam

In Memoriam - June 2005

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Topics: heart failure , leukemia , ohio , pneumonia , prostate cancer

Seen & Heard

Seen & Heard - June 2005

AAP Communications

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Topics: advisory committees , obesity , eye injuries , insect bites , lawn mower injuries

Corrections

Errata

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Topics: corn of toe , multivitamins , starch , vial , manihot esculenta

Correction

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Topics: ophthalmology , pediatric eye disorders

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