Adolescent Medicine
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Canadian guidance recommends reducing alcohol consumption
Consuming no drinks per week has benefits.
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Kids with concussions may benefit from early return to school
Prolonged school absence post concussion was associated with higher symptom burden 2 weeks after injury.
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AD outcomes improved with lebrikizumab and topical steroids
The percentage of patients who achieved the combined endpoint was more than double for the lebrikizumab plus TCS group vs. the group on TCS alone...
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Mood disorder? Assessment in primary care
Primary care may be the first setting for a child to present with mood symptoms.
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Powering down cellphone use in middle schools
Educators want children in school to make eye contact, ask questions, and learn how to make a friend face to face.
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Marriage rates declining for Canadian adolescent mothers?
However, births to mothers younger than 18 years are rare in Canada, and births to married mothers in that age group are even rarer.
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Chronic pain patients swapping opioids for medical cannabis
Using cannabis also led to decreased use of physical therapy among more than a third of respondents to a survey.
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Compulsively checking social media linked with altered brain patterns in teens
It’s unclear what’s driving the differences in adolescent brains, an expert warns.
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FDA considers regulating CBD products
The products can have drug-like effects on the body and contain CBD (cannabidiol) and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol).
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Diabetes surge expected in young people
It is expected that as many as 526,000 people younger than 20 years in the United States will have diabetes by 2060.
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FDA approves Wegovy (semaglutide) for obesity in teens 12 and up
FDA approves semaglutide 2.4mg (Wegovy), a once-weekly subcutaneous injection, for treating obesity in adolescents aged 12 years and older.