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HOSPITAL ZONE

Mobile clinic to the rescue

Mobile health vans reach out to homeless children, providing access to medical, mental health, and social services. Find out how the mobile clinics serve a historically underserved population.

ADHD

First national study of ADHD therapy in kids

Fewer than half of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were receiving behavior therapy just before the American Academy of Pediatrics released clinical practice guidelines in 2011. How many were receiving behavior therapy?

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OBESITY

Childhood family meals protect against overweight

Teenagers who eat at least 1 meal a week with their families are less likely than those who never eat with their families to be overweight or obese when they reach their 20s or 30s, according to a large longitudinal study. Discover how big the effect was.

PODCAST

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.
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