Volume 8 - Issue 1 - January 2009

Consultant for Pediatricians

Bullying
Bullying
04/23/2011
Linda S. Nield, MD
<P>"My daughter [age 10 years] has been bullied at school for the past 2 years by another girl in her class. This girl dominates my daughter’s lunchtime and recess, controlling where she sits and...
04/23/2011
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
04/23/2011
Hemihyperplasia, also known as hemihypertrophy, is an asymmetric overgrowth of 1 or more body parts; it can occur in isolation or in association with a syndrome.
04/23/2011
Obesity
Obesity
04/23/2011
Ilene Fennoy, MD, MPH
<p>Increased weight in children is associated with many comorbidities, including hyperlipidemia, hypertension, hepatic steatosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and insulin resistance. Type 2 diabetes...
04/23/2011
New Series
New Series
04/23/2011
Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC
This child has epidermolysis bullosa simplex.
04/23/2011
New Series
New Series
04/23/2011
Susan Beck
<P>Sometimes they come in as phone calls (“Is it OK to breastfeed my baby when I have a cold?”), at other times during “may-I-talk-to-you for-a-minute” sessions at the end of a scheduled visit (“She’s...
04/23/2011