Medications
Research looks at side effects for pediatric medications
Sometimes, the medications needed to function and live a quality life cause side effects that can make life quite uncomfortable.
Dec 10, 2019
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News tagged with adolescent patients
Surgery
Surgery improves for nerve compression disorder
(Medical Xpress)—Two new studies from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest ways to improve surgical treatment for a debilitating condition caused by compressed nerves in the neck and shoulder.
Feb 7, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Survival rates high for children, teens with melanoma
Survival rates for children and adolescents with melanomas are high, according to a study published online Dec. 9 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Jan 11, 2023
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Pediatrics
Clowns may help children cope with the pain and anxiety of hospital treatment
Hospital clowns might help improve physical symptoms and psychological wellbeing in children and adolescents having treatment for acute or chronic conditions, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.
Dec 16, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression up in pediatric, adult hidradenitis suppurativa patients
(HealthDay)—The prevalence of depression is increased among pediatric and adult patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American Academy of ...
Jan 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 vaccines significantly cut MIS-C risk in teens
(HealthDay)—COVID-19 mRNA vaccination is associated with a lower incidence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in adolescents, according to a research letter published online Dec. 20 in the Journal ...
Jan 7, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Evaluating treatment for teen anxiety
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., with approximately 4.4 million children and adolescents affected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Aug 25, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers use AI to predict antidepressant outcomes in youth
Mayo Clinic researchers have taken the first step in using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict early outcomes with antidepressants in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder, in a study published in The ...
Mar 22, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify targeted therapy that can help children with deadly nerve cancer
Mount Sinai researchers have identified a targeted therapy for adolescent patients with neuroblastoma, a deadly pediatric nerve cancer, who would otherwise have no treatment options, according to a study published in October ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer cases are rising in adolescents and young adults
Cancer cases in adolescents and young adults have risen by 30% during the last four decades, with kidney cancer rising at the greatest rate, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. The team said further ...
Dec 1, 2020
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