Adolescent Medicine
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Fertility preservation more likely for young male cancer patients
Key clinical point: Young male cancer patients are significantly more likely than female cancer patients to discuss fertility preservation with...
Behavioral Consult
Why, oh why, won’t she go to bed?!
Dr. Barbara J. Howard gives advice on how to get children on a good sleep schedule.
ID Consult
Water woes: Recognizing and treating recreational water illness
Dr. Bonnie M. Word shares how to educate parents and children to reduce the risk of recreational water illnesses.
Conference Coverage
AAIC: Sedentary early adulthood may mean worse cognitive functioning later
Key clinical point: Too little exercise and too much couch time in early adulthood significantly increases the risk of dementia when people reach...
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Adolescents with eating disorders have high rates of psychiatric medication use
Adolescents with restrictive eating disorders had high rates of psychiatric comorbidity and medication use.
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Hypertension, blood pressure down among U.S. children, teens
U.S. children’s and teens’ average blood pressure levels have dropped over the past decade, with a commensurate drop in elevated and high blood...
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Player-to-player contact, not ‘heading,’ is main source of soccer concussions
Head contact with other players, not with the ball, is the main source of concussions among high-school soccer players of both sexes.
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Higher cardiorespiratory fitness linked with less depression in middle schoolers
Assessments of sixth graders showed strong cross-sectional associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and less depression in both males and...
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Antipsychotic use down in children, up in adolescents and young adults
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Exposure to medical marijuana advertising increases usage risk in adolescents
Children in sixth to eighth grade were more likely to use or intend to use marijuana 1 year in the future if they were exposed to medical...
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School-based CBT program reduces depression, suicidality
Emotionally distressed students who completed a school-based cognitive-behavioral therapy program reported significant improvements in depression...