Adolescent Medicine News

Initiating heavy drinking by 11th grade was associated with higher average weekly alcohol consumption later in life, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Buprenorphine dispensing among youths decreased significantly from 2015 to 2020 despite a rise in opioid-related overdoses, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Since the first death in the United States on Feb. 29, 2020, a total of 1,076,549 Americans have died as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Habitually checking social media accounts was associated with “divergent brain development” in a small 3-year study of middle school students, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Teens who feel happy, accepted and loved are more likely to maintain good cardiometabolic health as adults, and data show Black youths in particular were more harmed by fewer psychological assets, researchers reported.

The AAP on Monday released its first clinical guidance on obesity in 15 years, suggesting that physicians offer adolescents as young as age 12 years weight loss medication and evaluate teens for metabolic and bariatric surgery.

An artificial intelligence tool called KIDMATCH may be able to accurately distinguish between MIS-C, Kawasaki disease and other similar febrile diseases, according to data published in the Lancet Digital Health.

Deaths involving fentanyl in people aged 10 to 19 years increased by 182% from 2019 to 2021, among other findings reported in a study published in MMWR.

WASHINGTON — HHS officials are working on an action plan that will improve access to primary care and support the integration of behavioral, environmental, oral and reproductive health care services.

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue use was not associated with increased use of subsequent gender-affirming hormones among transgender and gender-diverse youths, according to a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.