Is there a clinical explanation for the lazy teenager?
Patients with delayed sleep phase syndrome are often labeled negatively. Being out of sync with the rest of the world can lead to frustration and depression.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Check for flat feet in young patients with shin splints
Ruling out pes planus can help avoid unnecessary prescriptions and referrals.
ACIP updates meningococcal vaccine policy
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices have approved new recommendations for the use of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines in adolescents and in people who are at persistent high risk of meningococcal disease.
Compassionate care key to treating depression
An encounter with a depressed teen serves as a reminder about the importance of empathy and understanding in mental health.
Making the right choice in hormone therapy
A young cancer survivor prompts consideration of best practice in prescribing estrogen replacement therapy for herself and for others.
Avoiding family politics in the gynecology exam room
When should mothers stop accompanying their daughters to gynecology visits?
Risk of heart disease from childhood obesity reversible
Obese children who lose weight as adults have the same risk for developing heart disease as people who were never obese at all, results from a meta-analysis indicate.
Understanding childhood obesity
Pediatric primary care clinicians should set aside time each visit to discuss obesity prevention with parents and the importance of establishing healthy lifestyle habits at a young age.
“Alarming” teen contraceptive-pill compliance
Teens often tell me they forget to take their birth-control pills (BCPs), sometimes as often as three or more times per cycle.
School soda bans ineffective
State policies to ban soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages in efforts to reduce adolescent obesity did not reduce overall consumption, and only modestly reduced in-school access and student purchasing behaviors.
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