Pediatrics - Medscape

Fluoride Supplementation: The Ongoing Debate The incidence of dental caries in children has plummeted in the more than half-century since water fluoridation began. Why the continuing controversy over fluoridation?
Medscape Pediatrics, February 8, 2012
Therapy for Infantile Hemangiomas A new study leaves no doubt that oral propranolol should be the first-line treatment for symptomatic or cosmetically disfiguring infantile hemangiomas.
Medscape Dermatology, February 8, 2012
Child Abuse Linked to High Financial Burden Lifetime medical costs for abused kids outstrip those for type 2 diabetes and stroke.
Medscape Medical News, February 6, 2012
Variant H3N2 Influenza Virus: What You Should Know Find out when you should be considering infection with this novel influenza virus in your patients.
CDC Expert Commentary, February 6, 2012

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Zinc Decreases Mortality in Children With Pneumonia Zinc adjunct therapy for severe pneumonia significantly decreased case fatality, especially in children infected with HIV.
Medscape Medical News, February 8, 2012
Lyme Disease Ticks Endemic in Northeast, Northern Midwest Field researchers have generated a detailed map that they hope will guide appropriate diagnosis and more targeted treatment for patients suspected of having Lyme disease.
Medscape Medical News, February 3, 2012

Syncope and Fever in the ED: What's the Cause? This case illustrates 3 novel presentations of fever and syncope in adolescent patients. Learn the diagnosis.
Medscape Emergency Medicine, February 7, 2012
EMR: Efficiency Mauled Repeatedly Dr. John Marshall says that his efficiency as a clinician is undermined as he spends more and more time entering data into the EMR with less and less administrative support. Is there a way out?
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, February 3, 2012