Adolescent Medicine
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Stimulant Use for ADHD Continues to Rise
Major Finding: Adolescents accounted for the greatest increase in use of stimulants for ADHD from 2.3% in 1996, to 5.0% in 2008.Data Source:...
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MULTIMEDIA: Teen Driving Safety: A Decade of Declining Motor Vehicle Fatalities
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Innovative Programs Work to Improve Teen Driving
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LGA at Birth Linked to Excess Mortality in Young Adulthood
Major Finding: Low gestational age at birth correlated robustly and in a linear fashion with excess mortality at age 18-36 years, independently of...
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HPV Vaccine Safe, Effective in Girls with JIA
Major Finding: Mean geometric mean antibodies to two strains of human papilloma virus reached protective levels (5,119 LU/mL for HPV 16 and 2,764...
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Graduated Driver Licensing Cuts Younger Teens' Fatal Crashes
Major Finding: Graduated driver licensing was associated with a lower rate of fatal crashes for 16-year-old drivers, cutting the total by an...
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Two Doses May Be Good as Three With HPV Vaccine
Major Finding: Vaccine efficacy was shown to be comparable, at 80% or higher, in preventing infections among women who had received three, two, or...
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More Preteens Get Vaccinations, But Not All They Need
Major Finding: Although 55% of preteen patients had at least one vaccination visit at ages 11-12 years, 19.5% of the preteens who made a...