Adolescent Medicine
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NIDA releases updated tools to help parents talk to teens about marijuana
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Obese teens heading for bariatric surgery already show kidney damage
Key clinical point: Follow-up will determine if baseline abnormalities in obese teens’ kidney function and other areas are reversible through...
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Know the urban myths that compromise allergy care
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Childhood sports knee injuries carry heavy burden
Major finding: Preliminary evidence suggests that young adults with history of a sports-related knee injury differ in symptomatology, physiology,...
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First-birth rates in older women up more than 400% since 1970
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Steroid-sparing therapy is promising for allergic asthma
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Parents, teens misunderstand parameters of confidential interviews
Major finding: Half the parents of adolescent girls knew and understood confidential gynecologic interview policy.Data source: Survey of 62 pairs...
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VIDEO: How to diagnose multiple sclerosis in childhood and adolescence
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Childhood obesity predicts adult cardiovascular risks
Major finding: Overweight but metabolically normal children were twice as likely to develop diabetes and six times as likely to develop metabolic...