(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) finds that the current evidence is insufficient to recommend primary care-based interventions to prevent illicit drug use in children, adolescents, and young ...
Oct 2, 2019
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When does childhood end? That's the question international researchers are asking as they chart age cut-offs for paediatric services around the world.
Sep 18, 2019
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The first case of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid in Australia has been reported by the authors of a letter published today in the Medical Journal of Australia, highlighting the need for people contemplating travel ...
Sep 16, 2019
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Despite its proven success at preventing cancer, many adolescents are still not getting the HPV vaccine. A new study from the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus shows that physicians' ...
Sep 16, 2019
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There is an ongoing debate in society about sex education. Now a study funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation suggests that the best approach is a combination of parents and school. And that using friends and the ...
Aug 27, 2019
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(HealthDay)—A staggering number of teen girls are experiencing an insidious form of relationship abuse: reproductive coercion.
Aug 23, 2019
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A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that bullying victimization may increase the risk of suicide attempts among young adolescents ...
Aug 15, 2019
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Physical activity has many well-known health benefits, but its association with lung function in childhood and adolescence is not well understood. A new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre ...
Jul 30, 2019
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A parent's level of psychological distress may influence how well adolescents in the juvenile justice system respond to mental health interventions for substance use and sexual risk, according to a researcher at FIU's Center ...
Jul 26, 2019
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(HealthDay)—From 2001 to 2017, the rate of suicides among African-American (AA) adolescents increased, according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Community Health.
Jul 24, 2019
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