Adolescent Medicine News

Hundreds of clinicians will gather in Denver next week to discuss the latest treatment strategies and evidence-based approaches to obesity management.

A new study found that the development or worsening of acne was not a common cause of long-acting reversible contraception discontinuation among adolescents, according to a study.

Two pediatric addiction medical specialists and a mother who lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning collaborated to write anticipatory guidance that may help pediatricians counsel patients and families on overdose prevention strategies.

Nearly 40% of children with oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis treated with intra-articular corticosteroids required no additional therapy, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Sources for contraception differed among adolescents and young adults based on sociodemographic factors such as insurance status, age and residential area, according to a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics.

A systematic review of hundreds of studies showed that medication has the best chance to improve ADHD outcomes in children and that other treatments have varied effects, according to results published in Pediatrics.

Among teenagers and young adults who use e-cigarettes, disposable products were associated with longer and more frequent use than nondisposable products, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

In a cohort of American Indian individuals, more than 70% of young adults and more than 50% of adolescents had dyslipidemia, and some had subclinical or clinical heart disease, according to new data from the Strong Heart Study.

Major adverse kidney events occurred in a large portion of youths 90 days after undergoing continuous kidney replacement therapy, according to a published cohort study.

The number of adolescents and young adults with prescriptions for antidepressants accelerated during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published in Pediatrics.