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Acute otitis media: Update 2015

New guidelines have revised diagnostic criteria for acute otitis media. How have they changed and what do they now recommend?

Study estimates global prevalence of ADHD

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 7.2% of children worldwide, a new meta-analysis estimates. Did prevalence estimates vary among revised DSM criteria?

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Pediatric Influenza: Risks, Immunization Strategies, and Prevention
Children experience the highest morbidity during influenza epidemics — The CDC states that children younger than 5, and especially those younger than 2, are at high risk for developing flu-related complications. Find articles, video, tools, and resources to help prevent and manage pediatric influenza. Read more

Food allergy panel testing often leads to misdiagnosis

To determine the utility of food allergy panel testing among patients referred to a pediatric food allergy center, investigators conducted a retrospective chart review of such patients for whom a primary care provider had obtained a standard panel of immunoglobulin E (IgE) tests. How likely is a misdiagnosis?

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Discussing the CDC's draft recommendation on adolescent circumcision

In our exclusive podcast interview with Marvin L. Wang, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Newborn Nurseries at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, we asked what pediatricians should know about the evidence of the risk/benefits listed in the CDC's new draft recommendations—and whether or not it ought to be a routine wellness visit topic for all uncircumcised patients. » More with podcast.

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