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Volume 3 Issue 1

Health Maintenance Guidelines Keep Kids Healthy

According to Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) pediatrician Ross DeHovitz, a child's risk for certain health conditions changes as he or she grows. To provide optimal health care to newborns, children, teens and adults, PAMF's Health Maintenance Guidelines Task Force annually evaluates new guidelines and recommends how they be incorporated into day-to-day practice for specific age groups.

PAMF's health maintenance guidelines incorporate current research and the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Task Force. The guidelines are evidenced-based, have been rigorously evaluated and have been shown to provide positive results based on numerous studies.

Additional Articles

Pregnancy: Our Providers
Children: Toilet Training
Preteens: Body Science
Teens: Skin Care

Recommended Web Sites

Cervical Health Awareness Month: January
www.nccc-online.org
According to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition, about 14,000 American women are diagnosed with cervical cancer disease each year and more than 3,900 women die in the United States each year from this disease. Fortunately, a new vaccine was recently approved by the FDA to prevent (HPV), which has been linked to cervical cancer. During Cervical Health Awareness Month, learn how to prevent to prevent this disease at www.pamf.org/preteen/parents/hpv.html.

National Blood Donor Month: January
www.aabb.org
Every day in the United States approximately 39,000 units of blood are required in hospitals and emergency treatment facilities to treat patients with cancer and other diseases, to support organ transplant recipients, and to help save the lives of accident and trauma victims. This month, the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) encourages everyone to consider giving blood.

Nutrition Analysis Tool
www.nat.crgq.com/mainnat.html
Chris Hewes and Jim Painter, Ph.D., R.D., of the University of Illinois's Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, developed the Nutrition Analysis Tool (NAT). In three simple steps, you can enter your daily food intake and have it analyzed -- all online!

Featured Physicians

Aisha R. Mays, M.D., is a family medicine physician at PAMF's Fremont Center. Dr. Mays received her M.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Ohio in 2003 after graduating from Clark Atlanta University. After receiving her MPH degree from Columbia University School of Public Health, she completed a residency in family and social medicine from Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She speaks fluent Spanish.

Sujata R. Tipnis, M.D., MPH, is a pediatrician at PAMF's Fremont Center. Dr. Tipnis received her M.D. degree from Northwestern University in 1997, where she also received her undergraduate degree. After she received her MPH from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, she completed a residency in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. She is board certified in pediatrics, and speaks Spanish and Marathi.

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