Pediatric Resident Training in Prepubertal Vulvar Conditions.

Study Objective: To assess pediatric resident training in diagnosing and managing prepubertal gynecologic conditions.

Design: Voluntary 32-question survey e-mailed to participants.

Setting: E-mail contact through the American Academy of Pediatrics listserv.

Iodine Deficiency and Hypothyroidism From Voluntary Diet Restrictions in the US: Case Reports.

Iodine deficiency is rare in the United States today, and this is largely due to the effectiveness of iodization in the general food supply. Recent trends among specific populations of children in the United States include adopting food restrictions, such casein-free and gluten-free diets. Although the effect of these types of diets on overall nutrition status and certain micronutrients has been studied in children with autism spectrum disorder, the effect of these limitations on iodine levels in children has not been assessed.

Exogenous folate ameliorates ethanol-induced brain hyperhomocysteinemia and exogenous ethanol reduces taurine levels in chick embryos.

The effects of exogenous ethanol and/or folic acid on endogenous homocysteine (HoCys) and SAM (S-adenosylmethionine)/SAH (S-adenosylhomocysteine) levels in chick brains were studied at 11 days of development. Embryonic EtOH (3.0 mmol/kg egg) exposure caused a 1.