Adolescent Medicine
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Noninflammatory Acne Lesions Scar, Too
Major Finding: Half of the scars in a study of 25 patients arose from noninflammatory lesions.Data Source: A prospective study of the natural...
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Obese Children Who Lose Weight Decrease Future CV Risks
Major Finding: The subjects who had been normal weight throughout the study and those who had been overweight or obese as children but became...
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Doctors Advised to Test Cholesterol in All Children Aged 9-11 Years
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SCD Screenings in Young Athletes Often Miss the Mark
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Race, Insurance Status Linked to Death in Pediatric ESRD
Major Finding: Uninsured black children had a 78% higher rate of death after incident end-stage renal disease, compared with uninsured white...
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New Tool Improves Outcome Assessment in Pediatric Vasculitis
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Native American Teens at High Risk for Substance Abuse
Major Finding: More than one-third of teenagers reported using drugs and/or alcohol in the past year, with adolescents of Native American, white,...
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Overweight Female Teens More Likely to Have Acne
Major Finding: The prevalence of moderate or severe acne in overweight or obese girls was 18.5%, compared with less than 12% in the normal-weight...
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ADHD Drugs Showed No Risk of Cardiovascular Events
Major Finding: In nearly 2.6 million person-years of follow-up, including more than 373,000 person-years of current use of ADHD drugs, neither...
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Low Vitamin D Levels in Teens With Psychotic Symptoms
Major Finding: Psychotic features were observed in 40% of mentally ill teens with low vitamin D levels, compared to 16% of teens with normal...
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Treating Insomnia Boosts Treatment for Child and Teen Depression
Major Finding: Patients whose insomnia improved within the first 2 weeks of treatment had significantly lower depression severity scores on the...