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About sex, adults aren’t talking or kids aren’t listening
TORONTO – Almost half of adolescents say their PCPs aren’t talking with them about sex, and parents more often report having “the talk” than teens...
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Off-label prescribing of SGAs in children varies by diagnosis
TORONTO – On-label prescribing of second-generation antipsychotics in hospitalized pediatric patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia was...
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Reduce referrals: Skip eye chart with automated vision checker for kids
Skipping the eye chart and using an automated handheld photorefractor reduced the numbers of patients referred to specialist eye care.
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Safety and support experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming youth explored
Youth with nonbinary identities reported greater feelings of safety and support at school, compared with peers with binary identities.
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Poor parent-infant relationship may affect a child’s motor skill development
Modifiable risk factors, such as parent-infant relationships, may play a role in preventing children from developing high motor problems in early...
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ED visits higher among pediatric asthma patients with comorbid depression, anxiety
TORONTO – Children with asthma who were on Medicaid also had an independent risk for going to the ED.
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Formula gets high marks for predicting suicide risk among Apache youth
If validated, the new model will become part of the suicide surveillance system at the White Mountain Apache Tribe Reservation in Arizona.
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Collagen remodeling observed after laser treatment in EB patient
DALLAS – The investigators hypothesized that fractional ablative laser therapy and topical PLLA might help a patient with recessive dystrophic EB...
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U.S. youth suicide prevention saved nearly 900 lives
WASHINGTON – Data from a U.S. grant program aimed at reducing youth suicides showed this funding was linked with 882 fewer suicide deaths than...
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Celiac disease: Can biopsy be avoided?
LAS VEGAS – Some medical societies say the diagnosis can be made with antibody titers and symptoms alone, others disagree.
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Consider caregiver oral health for children with bleeding disorders
SAN DIEGO – Ask parents if they’ve had a cavity in the last year.