Adolescent Medicine
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Alopecia areata: Positive results reported for two investigational JAK inhibitors
“This is truly transformative therapy,” one of the investigators, Brett King, MD, PhD, said.
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COVID pandemic associated with anorexia in Canadian youth
“There was so much disruption and [so many] restrictions to young peoples’ daily routines ... That led to heightened anxiety and depression and...
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USPSTF: Screen at-risk, nonpregnant people for syphilis
“This reaffirmation is a critical step to remind us of the importance of regularly assessing risk and screening with a readily available screening...
Conference Coverage
Consider the mnemonic ‘CLEAR’ when counseling acne patients
“Do I ever look at my patient and say, ‘don’t worry about those acne scars; I can make them go away?’ ” Dr. Julie C. Harper asked. “No.”
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Unconventional wisdom: Major depression tied to childhood trauma is treatable
"Evidence-based psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy should be offered to depressed patients, regardless of their childhood trauma status."
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Dr. Birds-n-Bees: How physicians are taking up the sex ed slack
Only 29 states and the District of Columbia mandate sex education, and 13 of those do not require that it be medically accurate.
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Visual impairment more common in minority youth
The findings likely reflect the underlying inequities in access to vision care.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA warns against cooking chicken in NyQuil
“Boiling a medication can make it much more concentrated and change its properties in other ways.”
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Tralokinumab earns EU recommendation to expand age range for atopic dermatitis to include adolescents
In December 2021, tralokinumab was approved for adults with moderate to severe AD in the United States, where it is marketed as Adbry.
Guidelines
WPATH removes age limits from transgender treatment guidelines
Depending on interpretation, the latest version of the WPATH standards of care for transgender youth could be seen to have abandoned age limits on...
Child Psychiatry Consult
Talking to teens
The first step toward treating someone authentically as an equal when in a position of authority is to understand the unique stressors of their...