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Is this pustular eruption scabies?
An anxious mother brings her healthy 4-month-old daughter for evaluation of itchy pustules on both hands and feet. The eruption has persisted despite 2 courses of permethrin for scabies. The infant also was diagnosed with hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome and dyshidrotic eczema, but neither of these diseases fit clinically.
What's the diagnosis?
 
Children's well-being decreases as media use increases
Compared with their peers who spend no more than 2 hours each weekday exposed to digital media, school-aged children who are in front of screens for longer are less likely to be doing well overall, according to their parents. Furthermore, how much digital media exposure a child gets is inversely related, in a dose-dependent manner, to markers of childhood "flourishing."
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CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS VIDEO
 
HPV vaccine effectiveness against cervical cancer
image description here For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a Cochrane Review that looks at the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine on preventing cervical cancer.
 
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
 
AZ - Children’s Medical Center
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