While athletes with disabilities may not be injured any more often than other athletes, the types of injuries they sustain are specific to their disabilities and chosen sports. Characteristic injuries are described, and preventive measures are suggested. (Author/MT)

Diagnosing anemia in athletes is complicated because athletes normally have a pseudoanemia that needs no treatment. Athletes, however, can develop anemia from iron deficiency or footstrike hemolysis, which require diagnosis and treatment. (Author/MT)

Records were kept by a medical team for four years on all injuries occurring during an annual state championship rodeo. Injuries by event, by type, and by anatomical location are identified. (Author/MT)

As much as 13 percent of the adolescent population may suffer from chronic insomnia, which can impair the victim's daily existence and affect personal life, school performance, and school attendance. The prevalence of adolescent insomnia, and its cause, diagnosis, and treatment are examined. (Author/CB)

A review of Disadvantaged Children: Health, Nutrition and School Failure (New York: Grune & Stratton, 1970) by Herbert G. Birch and Joan Dye Gussow. (DB)

Argues the urgent need for individuals to remind the public and lawmakers that the tragic problem of child hunger and malnutrition continues to exist in our affluent United States, and that it should rate equal, if not greater, precedence with pollution and ecology. (LLR)

The condition is defined, and some of its manifestations are outlined, including petit mal epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy, and grand mal epilepsy. Constructive ways to deal with epileptic students are suggested, including specific ways to handle a seizure, should one occur. (DLS)

The article presents a case history of a boy with both infantile autism and histidenia (an inborn error of amino acid metabolism), and discusses the possible relationship between the two conditions. (DLS)

The article excerpts letters of eight parents whose children have cerebral hypotonia, an early symptom of brain damage characterized by a defective muscular condition. The problems which accompany hypotonia (such as feeding problems, retardation, respiratory distress, and seizures) are touched on. (SBH)

Reviews the research on the relationship of autism and pervasive developmental disorders to tuberous sclerosis (TSC). Notes that, among TSC cases, the frequency of autism is 25% and among autistic populations, the frequency of TSC is 1% to 4%. It is thought that an abnormal TSC gene may directly influence the development of autism. (DB)

This chartbook uses the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) to report on recent findings on children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the United States. The NSCH provides a unique view of CSHCN in the context of where they live, play and go to school. It also allows comparisons to children without special health care needs.…

The numbers of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have increased in schools. This study was conducted to document mothers' experiences of the care their CSHCN receive across health care and educational settings. Data were collected during standardized, open-ended, one-on-one interviews with 10 mothers of CSHCN in urban, suburban, and…

CenteringPregnancy Smiles[TM] (CPS) is a partnership between the University of Kentucky, Trover Health System, and Hopkins County Health Department. The purpose of the partnership is to: (1) establish an infrastructure to address health problems requiring research-based solutions, (2) develop a model for community partnership formation, and (3)…

This article describes the activities of the health manager of the San Diego Zoo, California. (PD)

The annotated bibliography lists 205 materials for and about young people with diabetes, published from 1976 to 1983. Citations are organized alphabetically by title within two major sections: (1) resources for use by and with patients, their families, and the public; (2) resources for use by health care providers. Within each section, entries are…