Pediatrics News

Using population data from five countries, researchers estimated that the heritability of autism spectrum disorder was about 80%, indicating that inherited genetic influences contributed to most of the variation in ASD occurrence in the population.

A 5-year analysis in the United States revealed that states with stricter gun laws, including those that require universal background checks for gun purchases, have fewer pediatric firearm-related deaths.

PHILADELPHIA — The duration and type of screen time had had no impact on the number of days that teenagers had headaches, according to study findings presented at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA —Women with migraine were more likely to have an infant who is colicky, while fathers with migraine were not, according to study findings presented at the American Headache Society Scientific Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA — The “Pediatric Pain Evaluator” app, designed to help users identify and describe their headache pain, disagreed with what a researcher described as the “gold standard,” according to study results presented at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

Ethnic and racial minority groups are less likely to have access to mental health resources and/or use community mental health services, according to the NIMH.

Depressive disorders and suicidal ideation accounted for 55.1% of all reported psychiatric adverse events among patients taking isotretinoin from 1997 to 2017, according to researchers in JAMA Dermatology. However, the rate of completed suicide among these patients may be not be higher than those reported in the general U.S. population.

Study findings published in International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health indicated a link between a biomarker of pesticide exposure and youth depression symptoms.

Research published in JAMA Pediatrics found that teens who live in states where medical and recreational marijuana have been legalized did not have an increased likelihood of using the drug. Alternatively, recreational marijuana laws were associated with decreased use in this population.

PHILADELPHIA — Some of the common symptoms used to determine if a child or teenager is experiencing a secondary headache may no longer be reliable, according to an abstract presented at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.