Treatment Rates Low for Parents With Opioid Use Disorder
Many parents with opioid, substance use disorder are living with children; treatment rates are low
Gender Gap in U.S. Youth Suicide Narrowed From 1975 to 2016
Suicide prevention efforts should take both sex and developmental level into consideration
Higher Consumption of Sugary Drinks May Up Mortality in Adults
Findings include both sugar-sweetened beverages and 100 percent fruit juices
Homemade Sunscreen Recipes Commonly Shared, Offer Low Protection
Interest in natural products includes homemade sunscreen, which offers insufficient sun protection
Favorable Trends Seen in Lipids, Apolipoprotein B in U.S. Youth
Adjusted mean total cholesterol level decreased from 1999-2000 to 2015-2016 in youth aged 6 to 19 years
Bill Would Raise U.S. Legal Age to Buy Tobacco to 21
Fourteen states have already enacted laws raising the minimum age for tobacco sales to 21
Clinical Drug Diversion Costly to Health Care Organizations
Report finds 47.2 million doses lost due to health care worker misuse and theft in 2018
Medicaid Expansion Cuts Racial Disparities in Preterm Births
Overall rates of low birth weight unchanged, but reduction seen in disparities for black infants
Millennial Parents Found More Likely to Drive Distracted
Parents born between 1981 and 1996 more likely to read text messages while driving with children in the car
DDW: Ingested Button Battery Can Cause Gastric Injury
Eighty-six percent of pediatric patients with BB ingestion had visual evidence of mucosal damage