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Adverse health behaviors in adolescence are only moderately associated with later musculoskeletal pain in adulthood

Adolescent Lifestyle Not Strongly Tied to Later Muscular Pain

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Smoking, alcohol use, overweight/obesity weakly tied to later pain
Many health care professionals work when they are sick

Despite Risk to Patients, Health Providers Often Work While Sick

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Main reason is not wanting to let colleagues, patients down
Additional years of secondary schooling provide a cost-effective HIV prevention measure in Botswana

Additional Years of Secondary Schooling Can Cut HIV Risk

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Secondary school represents cost-effective intervention for HIV prevention in Botswana
Athletes should listen to their body and drink water only when thirsty to prevent exercise-associated hyponatremia or "water intoxication." The new guidelines were developed at the International Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia Consensus Development Conference in Carlsbad

Endurance Athletes Should Only Drink When Thirsty, Experts Say

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Consuming excess fluids can lead to dangerous drop in sodium levels
From 2006 to 2010 there was an increase in antipsychotic medication use among adolescents and young adults

Antipsychotic Use Up for Teens, Young Adults From 2006 to 2010

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No increase in use for those aged 1 to 12 years; males more likely to use antipsychotics than females
Fussy infants with unexplained bruising or bleeding may have late-onset vitamin K-deficient bleeding as a result of parental refusal of the vitamin K injection at birth

Case Study: Vitamin K Deficiency Result of Vaccine Refusal

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Report of infant presenting with fussiness, blood in stool; parents refused vitamin K injection at birth

June 2015 Briefing – Pediatrics

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pediatrics for June 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
New classification of licensure for assistant physicians has been created

Public Opinion Sought on New Licensure for Assistant Physicians

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Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts seeking public opinion prior to filing rules
The benefit of sublingual immunotherapy over placebo for seasonal grass pollen allergies is small

Sublingual Immunotherapy Offers Little Benefit for Grass Allergy

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For serious seasonal allergies, shots may be more effective, researcher says
Obesity is associated with less frequent and less consistent contraceptive use among sexually active 18- to 19-year-old girls

Obese Teen Girls Less Likely to Use Contraception

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No difference in frequency of sex according to weight status among 18- to 19-year-old girls