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One in 20 students using e-cigarettes for cannabis
Key clinical point: Significant numbers of high school students are using e-cigarettes and vaporizing devices to vaporize cannabis.
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Alcohol, marijuana use common in youth with chronic disease
Key clinical point: Alcohol and marijuana use is common in youth with chronic disease, and alcohol use is associated with nonadherence to...
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PCV13 boosts pediatric pneumococcal meningitis antibiotic susceptibility
Key clinical point: For children fully immunized with PCV13, empiric vancomycin may soon no longer be needed for pneumococcal meningitis. Major...
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Relationship between depression and adolescent obesity unclear, study finds
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Childhood sleep disturbance linked to later psychosis
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E-cigarettes precede tobacco smoking in ninth-graders
Ninth-graders who have used electronic cigarettes are much more likely than are nonusers to try regular cigarettes, cigars, and hookahs during the...
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Cyberbullying greater depression trigger than traditional bullying
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Mood disorders affect length of stay, complication risk in pediatric pneumonia
Key clinical point: Pediatric pneumonia patients have a significantly longer length of hospital stay and a higher rate of complications when they...
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Survey: Most high- and middle-school days start too early
Middle- and high-school students typically begin their school days before 8:30 a.m., which is the start time recommended by the American Academy...
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Integrating behavioral with primary care benefits children, adolescents
Integrating care for behavioral/mental problems into primary health care is beneficial for children and adolescents, as it has been shown to be...