1. Pediatricians
... and treatment of the diseases of childhood and the study of normal growth. Pediatrics became a specialty in the 20th century. In the 1980s some pediatricians began a subspecialty called adolescent medicine, which deals with the special medical and emotional needs of persons between the ages of twelve and twenty years old. Pediatricians are trained to recognize congenital ... births in the United States has been fairly stable for some time; about 4 million babies are born each year. Although the total number of pediatricians continues to increase, it never quite catches up with the need, ...
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