Pediatric burns: all burns are serious, both big and small. This episode reviews the objectives of burn care to result in the best functional outcome. Also, burn is a very common method of child abuse and we detail how ...

Shari Barkin, M.D., M.S.H.S., Marian Wright Edelman Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Division of General Pediatrics, presented at the Developmental Disability Grand Rounds, a monthly grand rounds series for clinicians, ...

Radiation dose calculations are essential to understanding the balance between the benefits and risks of diagnostic imaging procedures. Red marrow is also a highly radiosensitive organ and of great interest especially for ...

This article suggests that the Supreme Court's decision in Kyllo v. United States may not be as protective of the home as it first appears. Kyllo held that use of a thermal imager to detect heat sources inside the home is ...

This study examines both school and classroom level peer group effects on middle school student academic and behavioral outcomes in a mid-size urban district in the South. Identification of peer effects faces three major ...

Our current study builds on Beck’s cognitive model of depression by testing whether peer victimization gives rise to depressive schemas in children and adolescents. Specifically, we created a model stating that chronic ...

Background: Helper T cell activity is dysregulated in a number of diseases including those associated with rheumatic autoimmunity. Treatment options are limited and usually consist of systemic immune suppression, resulting ...