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New best practice recommendations to verify NG feeding tube location in pediatrics

Placement of nasogastric tubes in pediatric patients is a common practice, however, the insertion procedure carries risk of serious or even potentially lethal complications.

1 Oct 2018

Researchers find link between insufficient sleep and unsafe behavior in teens

Adolescents require 8-10 hours of sleep at night for optimal health, according to sleep experts, yet more than 70 percent of high school students get less than that.

1 Oct 2018

Study: Most 10th-graders who had ever used cannabis had tried several types of drug

Most 10th-graders who had ever used cannabis had used more than one type of the drug, including cannabis products that were combustible, edible or vaporized.

29 Sep 2018

Acne stigma associated with impaired psychological and physical well-being

Many people with acne are negatively impacted by perceived social stigma around the skin condition, a new study from University of Limerick, Ireland, has found.

28 Sep 2018

Depressive symptoms are prevalent among adolescents

A substantial proportion of adolescents in Germany is affected by depressive symptoms. This is the result of a representative survey reported by Lutz Wartberg and colleagues in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.

28 Sep 2018

Shared decision making needed to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with CAH

The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline that offers best practices for healthcare providers on how to promptly diagnose, treat, and manage patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, an inherited endocrine disorder, throughout their entire lives.

28 Sep 2018

Web-based intervention could increase parent-adolescent communication related to sexual risk

Persistent and significant health disparities related to sexual health, including a higher teen birth rate and HIV prevalence, exist among Puerto Rican adolescents compared to other racial and ethnic adolescents.

28 Sep 2018

Rochester and Minnesota team receives grant to create center for child maltreatment studies

The University of Rochester's Mt. Hope Family Center, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota's Institute for Translational Research in Children's Mental Health, has received a multi-million-dollar grant to create a national center for child maltreatment studies, becoming one of only three academic institutional partnerships in the United States to receive this prestigious award from the National Institutes of Health.

28 Sep 2018

Measures to predict and prevent carbon monoxide poisoning after storm

Severe weather events, such as summer hurricanes, tornadoes, and winter snow storms often result in widespread and prolonged power outages, interrupting essential household functions, including home heating.

27 Sep 2018

New science-based curriculum released to teach adolescents about opioid risks

A new and free science-based curriculum designed to teach adolescents about the risks of opioids has been released by Project ALERT, a national evidence-based drug education program created and managed by the nonprofit RAND Corporation.

26 Sep 2018

Persistent lung inflammation from childhood asthma may increase risk of anxiety later in life

Persistent lung inflammation may be one possible explanation for why having asthma during childhood increases your risk for developing anxiety later in life, according to Penn State researchers.

25 Sep 2018

Environmentally-induced gene activity influences IQ test performance

Is there a link between differences in IQ test performance and the activity of certain genes? Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that modifications in the structure of a specific gene have a negative impact on individual test performance.

25 Sep 2018

CHMP recommends approval of Gilenya for treatment of multiple sclerosis in children, adolescents

Novartis today announced the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has recommended approval of Gilenya (fingolimod) for the treatment of children and adolescents 10 to 17 years of age with relapsing remitting forms of multiple sclerosis.

24 Sep 2018

Children of mothers using cannabis may start using it at an earlier age, finds study

When mothers use marijuana during the first 12 years of their child's life, their cannabis-using children are more likely to start at an earlier age than children of non-using mothers, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

24 Sep 2018

SLU's College professor receives NIH grant to develop I-TEST project

ST. LOUIS - Nigerian youth are at the epicenter of an expanding HIV crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a country, Nigeria ranks second in the in the world in new HIV-Infections among youth, youth living with HIV and AIDS-related death among a youth population.

20 Sep 2018

Robert Koch Institute publishes new data on allergies, mental health problems, and accident injuries

The Robert Koch Institute has published new data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents on allergies, mental health problems and accident injuries.

19 Sep 2018

Young children's oral microbiota could serve as early indicator for obesity

Weight gain trajectories in early childhood are related to the composition of oral bacteria of two-year-old children, suggesting that this understudied aspect of a child's microbiota -- the collection of microorganisms, including beneficial bacteria, residing in the mouth -- could serve as an early indicator for childhood obesity.

19 Sep 2018

Investigational nasal influenza vaccine tested in children and teens

An early-stage clinical trial testing the safety and immune-stimulating ability of an experimental nasal influenza vaccine in healthy 9- to 17-year-old children and teens has begun enrolling participants at a Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit site at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.

17 Sep 2018

Witnessing school violence linked to later risk of psycho-social and academic impairment

Students who witness violence in school at age 13 are at later risk of psycho-social and academic impairment at age 15, according to a new longitudinal study by researchers at Université de Montréal with colleagues in Belgium and France.

17 Sep 2018

Paracetamol use in infancy may increase risk of developing asthma by the age of 18

Children who take paracetamol during their first two years of life may be at a higher risk of developing asthma by the age of 18, especially if they have a particular genetic makeup, according to new research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress today.

17 Sep 2018

Adolescents News and Research

New best practice recommendations to verify NG feeding tube location in pediatrics

Researchers find link between insufficient sleep and unsafe behavior in teens

Study: Most 10th-graders who had ever used cannabis had tried several types of drug

Acne stigma associated with impaired psychological and physical well-being

Depressive symptoms are prevalent among adolescents

Shared decision making needed to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with CAH

Web-based intervention could increase parent-adolescent communication related to sexual risk

Rochester and Minnesota team receives grant to create center for child maltreatment studies

Measures to predict and prevent carbon monoxide poisoning after storm

New science-based curriculum released to teach adolescents about opioid risks

Persistent lung inflammation from childhood asthma may increase risk of anxiety later in life

Environmentally-induced gene activity influences IQ test performance

CHMP recommends approval of Gilenya for treatment of multiple sclerosis in children, adolescents

Children of mothers using cannabis may start using it at an earlier age, finds study

SLU's College professor receives NIH grant to develop I-TEST project

Robert Koch Institute publishes new data on allergies, mental health problems, and accident injuries

Young children's oral microbiota could serve as early indicator for obesity

Investigational nasal influenza vaccine tested in children and teens

Witnessing school violence linked to later risk of psycho-social and academic impairment

Paracetamol use in infancy may increase risk of developing asthma by the age of 18

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