Young Athletes and Sports Injuries The proliferation of sports programs and opportunities for young people is a great boost to physical fitness and the fight against obesity. Yet, there's a downside as well: more and more very young athletes are coming down with injuries previously confined to only professional athletes. Estimates are that more than [...]

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Healthy Minds: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty of diagnosing, treating and preventing mental illness, including substance abuse and addictions. Between 7 and 12 Million American youth suffer from mental, behavioral, or developmental disorders at any given time, and the number of issues facing children can be vast: divorce, eating disorders, alcohol [...]

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The Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates began this morning with remarks from MMS President Bruce Auerbach, who called on delegates to be bold and creative in their solutions to health care's problems. He said the public wants physicians to lead the development of health care solutions, and "we must not squander this opportunity." [...]

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