Adolescent Medicine News

• Murthy for SG, Levine for HHS Get Mostly Positive Senate Reception In committee hearing, the surgeon general and assistant health secretary nominees vow to attack COVID-19, as well as mental health and substance use crises.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• New Tool May Improve Suicidality Detection Researchers have developed a proprietary computer adaptive screening tool that may help emergency departments more accurately predict suicide attempts in adolescents.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• Docs Become Dog Walkers After COVID-19 Work Loss Many physicians have lost their jobs or have little work during the pandemic and are resorting to a bizarre array of side gigs or outright career overhauls.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2021
• Heart Health in Pregnancy Tied to CV Risk in Adolescent Offspring Moms with poor cardiovascular health during pregnancy have children with more risk factors in early adolescence. The association is not causation but may still present an opportunity.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2021
• ASDSA Warns of Rogue Insulin Pen Use for DIY Fillers Videos on social media showing children using insulin delivery pens to self-inject hyaluronic acid have prompted a safety warning from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2021
• NPA 2021 Tips Offered for Treating Co-occurring ADHD and SUDs With little empirical data to guide treatment for patients with multiple psychiatric disorders, the challenge for those with ADHD and substance use disorders is what to treat first, experts note.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2021
• Telehealth Visits During Pandemic Helped Young Patients With Type 1 Diabetes in Israel Children and young adults in Israel with type 1 diabetes had better glycemic control after a telehealth visit during pandemic restrictions, according to new findings.
  Reuters Health Information, February 22, 2021
• NPA 2021 High-Potency Cannabis Products Linked to Suicidality Suicides by users of marijuana aged 10-19 years increased 250% between 2014 and 2017; they increased 22% among those aged 20 and older, according to a report.
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2021
• Metformin May Be Beneficial for Children With Obesity Metformin had 'modest' beneficial effects on weight and insulin resistance among obese young children in a systematic review.
  Reuters Health Information, February 19, 2021
• Tablet-Based Sex Trafficking Screening Works for Minors in the ED Using an electronic tablet to deliver a six-item screening tool to minors in a pediatric emergency department is effective in identifying sex trafficking, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, February 18, 2021
• New Child COVID-19 Cases Decline as Total Passes 3 Million New COVID-19 cases in children continue to drop each week, but the total number of cases has now surpassed 3 million since the start of the pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, February 18, 2021
• Oxford Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Study in Children At Oxford and three partner sites in London, Southampton, and Bristol, the phase 2 clinical trial will test whether kids and teens have a good immune response to the AstraZeneca vaccine.
  WebMD Health News, February 16, 2021
• CDC Says Schools Can Safely Reopen, but Will They? President Joe Biden says he wants most K–12 students back in the classroom in the first 100 days of his administration, giving school administrators and teachers until April 30 to prepare.
  WebMD Health News, February 12, 2021
• Strep A and Tic Worsening: Final Word? Some research has suggested that exposure to strep A exacerbates tics in children and teens, but new research suggests there is no such association.
  Medscape Medical News, February 12, 2021
• Rituximab Likely Well-Tolerated in Pediatric Patients, but Infections Are Common Rituximab seemed to be well tolerated in children and adolescents in a retrospective study, but infections were common, and B-cell count recovery could take more than a year, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, February 11, 2021
• Fauci: Vaccines for Kids Could Be Authorized by September Children as young as first graders may be able to get the coronavirus vaccine by the time school starts in September, presuming trials are successful in those age groups, Anthony Fauci, MD, said.
  ProPublica, February 11, 2021
• Racial Disparities Persist in Diagnostic Imaging for US Children Black and Hispanic children are less likely than white children to get diagnostic imaging as part of an emergency department evaluation at children's hospitals, a US study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, February 09, 2021
• Positive Topline Results for Novel Autism Drug An intravenous formulation of suramin led to meaningful improvement in several core symptoms of autism, including social and communication difficulties, in a phase 2 study.
  Medscape Medical News, February 09, 2021
• Proton Pump Inhibitor Use Tied to Childhood Asthma Children who use proton pump inhibitors may be at increased risk of developing asthma, a Swedish study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, February 08, 2021
• Youth With Chronic Medical Conditions May Use Marijuana for Symptoms When young people with chronic medical conditions use marijuana, they often do so to help alleviate symptoms or side effects of treatment, a small study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, February 04, 2021