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Evaluation, treatment, and prevention of obesity in community settings
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Special needs kids need a team to give them care
image description here The pediatric medical home must offer more familial, social, and psychosocial support to help children with special healthcare needs to thrive.

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Aerobic exercise speeds recovery from concussion
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CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS VIDEO
 
How did prescription guidelines for pneumonia change behaviors?
image description here For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics that examined how well children's and non-children's hospitals adopted the 2011 guidelines for prescriptions written for community-acquired pneumonia treatment.
 
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