Adolescent Medicine
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves first-ever agent to delay type 1 diabetes onset
Teplizumab delayed progression to clinical type 1 diabetes by about 2 years compared with placebo in individuals destined to develop the condition...
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HIV: Greater parental involvement needed with young men who have sex with men
“The goal was to get parents to deliver more messages and engage in more behaviors with their sons that we think are likely to help their sons...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA expands tenofovir alafenamide (Vemlidy) use to adolescents with chronic HBV
The study met its primary endpoint of percentage of patients with HBV DNA levels less than 20 IU/mL at 24 weeks of therapy.
Latest News
Education about OTC tools key for patients with acne and rosacea
No acne or rosacea visit is complete until overall skin care has been discussed, according to Hilary E. Baldwin, MD.
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Machine learning identifies childhood characteristics that predict bipolar disorder
With further development, the model could be used to identify at-risk children via electronic medical records, enabling earlier monitoring and...
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Myocarditis after COVID vax rare and mild in teens
Myocarditis in adolescents after Pfizer mRNA vaccination is rare with a mild and benign course and a favorable long-term prognosis, new data...
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Few transgender teens discontinue hormones in young adulthood
Pioneering clinic’s research finds that 98% of transgender adolescents taking puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones were still taking the latter...
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Preexisting mental illness symptoms spiked during pandemic
Disease severity was higher among individuals with preexisting mental illness admitted to inpatient care in the wake of COVID-19.
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Chest reconstruction surgeries up nearly fourfold among adolescents
One of the largest studies to investigate gender-affirming chest reconstructions found a significant increase in surgeries among gender diverse...
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Teens with diagnosed and undiagnosed ADHD report similar quality of life
Those diagnosed with ADHD in childhood were more than twice as likely to report self-harm.
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It’s about location: PCOS symptoms differ depending where you live
Women with PCOS in California were more likely to have hyperandrogenemia than were those in Alabama, but age and BMI weren’t factors, nor was race...