Adolescent Medicine
Feature
FDA allows qualified claims for UTI risk reduction with cranberry products
Feature
Why doctors keep monitoring kids who recover from mysterious COVID-linked illness
When Israel Shippy had MIS-C, his mother said there was nothing she could do to make him comfortable.
From the Journals
Despite guidelines, children receive opioids and steroids for pneumonia and sinusitis
ED visits were more than four times more likely to result in opioid prescriptions, relative to ambulatory visits, according to an analysis of...
From the Journals
Diagnostic criteria may miss some MIS-C cases, experts say
“There is concern that children meeting current diagnostic criteria for MIS-C are the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ and a bigger problem may be lurking...
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Suicide thoughts, attempts in adolescence correlate with mental health symptoms
One in five adolescents has thought about suicide, and depressive and conduct symptoms are associated with suicide attempts.
Conference Coverage
New quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine joins VFC arsenal
ACIP votes to add new quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine to the Vaccines for Children program
Commentary
How can we better engage black men as patients?
Challenge yourself to allow the patient to tell his story, said Dr. Kevin M. Simon.
Guidelines
ACR issues guidances for MIS-C and pediatric rheumatic disease during pandemic
The ACR appears to be the first medical organization to review all the most current evidence to issue interim guidance with the expectations that...
From the Journals
New guidance to help manage OCD during COVID-19
Statement emphasizes the importance of using pharmacotherapy as a first-line approach and offering psychoeducation.
From the Journals
Does cultural tailoring of sexual health programs lead to safer behavior?
Among Hispanic adolescents, sexual health interventions have a small but significant effect on abstinence, condom use, and number of sex partners...
Latest News
FDA approves Phexxi for use as an on-demand contraceptive
This is the first nonhormonal vaginal pH regulator contraceptive, the company says.