Adolescent Medicine
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FDA: Tanning lamps should warn against skin cancer
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LARCs appear safe in adolescents with CVD
Major finding: In a study of LARC use among adolescents with congenital cardiac anomalies or other cardiovascular disease, no cases of...
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Depression in adolescence linked to adverse outcomes 10 years later
Major Finding: People who had depression during adolescence were 4.91 times more likely than those who did not to experience depression during...
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Autistic children spent more time playing video games
Major finding: Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) spent an average of 2 hours per weekday and 3.1 hours per weekend day playing video...
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Consider developmental issues when treating teen sports injuries
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Work-up, treatment of adolescent PCOS varies by specialty
Major finding: After evaluating adolescents for potential PCOS, 49% of adolescent medicine specialists ordered lipid tests, compared with 22% of...
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Feds appeal ruling that makes Plan B available to all ages
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ECG keys pre-sport participation screening
Major finding: Cardiac symptoms with no group 2 ECG abnormality were associated with no cases of dangerous cardiac pathology.Data source: Data...
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Plan B One-Step now OTC for women 15-16 years old
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Two doses of HPV vaccine may be as effective as three
Major finding: The mean titer antibody levels in girls who got the two-dose schedule were noninferior to those of the young women who had three...
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Ovarian dermoid cysts recur in 11% of adolescents
Major finding: Of 66 patients who underwent dermoid cystectomy, 7 (11%) had a recurrence of ovarian dermoid cysts.Data source: A retrospective...