Tag: Adolescents / Teens

Addition of menthol to cigarettes also increases nicotine dependence in youth

Easy access to over-the-counter medications may play a role in their use for suspected suicides

Mean glycated hemoglobin level at 26 weeks increased with placebo, decreased with dulaglutide among youth with BMI >85th percentile

Risk for incidence of type 1 diabetes increased 25 percent in association with one increment in BMI standard deviation

Transgender teens have seven times higher risk for suicide attempt compared with cisgender, heterosexual adolescents

Mental health hospitalizations for suicide attempt or self-injury increased 41.7 percent by fall 2020, with a 49 percent increase seen among girls

Authors say findings highlight need to screen all teens for suicide risk and access to firearms

Despite relatively high rate of complications, patients report improvements in self-esteem and in seven health-related quality-of-life domains

Also, this study of adolescent vaping in 47 countries shows prevalence of past-month frequent vaping relatively low at 1.7 percent

BNT162b2 vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection modest and declined rapidly, was higher after booster dose in teens