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Gambling and children: Betting against the future of young lives
Gambling among youth is an underrecognized problem. To prevent serious consequences of this activity over the short term and during adulthood, the authors recommend that you screen patients
for a gambling habit and refer those in whom
you uncover cause for concern.
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The challenges of managing eating disorders in your office
Caring for a patient with an eating disorder can seem daunting. It doesn't have to be if you follow these practical guidelines. Many primary care pediatricians are uncomfortable diagnosing and treating eating disorders...
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Combination drug therapy for Alzheimer's disease
Although FDA-approved Alzheimer’s disease (AD) treatment strategies (cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine) offer proven benefits, providers recognize unmet needs beyond what is currently available. This review highlights the urgent need to systematically test additional rational drug combinations and the need for future trials to enroll adequate sample sizes and utilize relevant and sensitive outcome measures.
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Helping academic underachievers become achievers in their own right
In this article, which is based on evaluations of children who were referred to the Riley Hospital Behavioral and Developmental Clinic (Indianapolis) because of academic underachievement, we move the topic of school failure out of the subspecialty referral environment to review your generative role in preventing and remediating academic underachievement.
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