Pediatrics
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Estrogen replacement eases weight-gain anxiety in girls with anorexia
Major finding: After 18 months of estrogen replacement therapy, 20 anorexic teenage girls, compared with 17 on placebo, had a significant decrease...
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Exhaled VOC concentrations provide childhood obesity clues
Major finding: Concentrations of four VOCs were significantly higher in the overweight/obese vs. nonobese children after adjustment for age,...
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Golimumab indication expanded to include ulcerative colitis
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LARC use leads to dramatic drop in teen pregnancies
Major finding: The annual pregnancy rate among adolescents who chose a LARC was 29.9/1,000, compared with the 2008 U.S. teen pregnancy rate of 67....
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High blood pressure begins early in overweight children
Major finding: Children who went from normal weight to overweight or obese over 2.5 years were 57% more likely to develop prehypertension and 87%...
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In children with hypertension, weight plus race don't add up equally
Major finding: Race and weight interact to drive up hypertension rates in white and Hispanic children to nearly twice those seen in black and...
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LARCs appear safe in adolescents with CVD
Major finding: In a study of LARC use among adolescents with congenital cardiac anomalies or other cardiovascular disease, no cases of...
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Work-up, treatment of adolescent PCOS varies by specialty
Major finding: After evaluating adolescents for potential PCOS, 49% of adolescent medicine specialists ordered lipid tests, compared with 22% of...
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Small vitamin D dose hits the plasma target
Major finding: For breast-fed infants, a daily dose of 400 IU of vitamin D boosted plasma concentrations of 25(OH)D to the 400-nmol/L level...
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Ovarian dermoid cysts recur in 11% of adolescents
Major finding: Of 66 patients who underwent dermoid cystectomy, 7 (11%) had a recurrence of ovarian dermoid cysts.Data source: A retrospective...
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Practical support helps teens get active
Major finding: Family instrumental support, not emotional support, was significantly associated with moderate to vigorous activity in adolescents....