Helping adolescents with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder transition toward adulthood.

Pediatricians can help adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder prepare to enter post-high school training and the workforce. In this article peer-reviewed studies and other resources for informing patients of the issues ahead are identified. We discuss preventive counseling, including long-term monitoring, adherence to treatment, driving, tobacco, alcohol, and other drug usage, career planning, and intimacy.

The metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: a clinician's guide.

This article reviews the components of the metabolic syndrome, the theory behind the combined negative effects of insulin resistance and obesity and discusses the clinical utility of this concept in pediatrics. The latest diagnostic criteria for obesity, dyslipidemia and hypertension in children and adolescents as well as management and prevention strategies are also discussed.