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Houston Methodist scientist proposes new combination treatment for Ewing sarcoma

Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive tumor that commonly affects bones in adolescents and young adults, is diagnosed in about 225 American children and teens every year, accounting for about 1 percent of pediatric cancers.

16 Dec 2019

Older teens may have similar opioid overdose risk factors as adults

Older teens may have similar risk factors for prescription opioid overdose as adults, a new study suggests.

16 Dec 2019

Study finds dramatic increase in teen overdoses from anxiety drugs

The number of teens taking and overdosing from benzodiazepines, commonly prescribed anxiety medications, has risen dramatically over the past decade, according to a national study coauthored by Rutgers researchers.

16 Dec 2019

Disturbing trends in teen e-cigarette use

A new study released today reveals that adolescents who use e cigarettes may be at a greater risk of using addictive substances instead of regular flavouring. The study was published today in the latest issue of the journal American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

16 Dec 2019

Black adolescents experience daily multidimensional racial discrimination

Black teenagers experience daily racial discrimination, most frequently online, which can lead to negative mental health effects, according to a Rutgers researcher.

16 Dec 2019

Study highlights disturbing trends in youth vaping

More teens who vape are using addictive or mind-altering substances than previously believed, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier.

16 Dec 2019

Bans restricting e-cigarette sales could do more harm than good, say experts

Bans and other policies restricting e-cigarette sales could do more public harm than good, according to a group of public-health, tobacco-policy and ethics experts.

13 Dec 2019

Computerized CBT for depression could improve access to treatment, reduce waiting lists

Using a computerised version of cognitive-behavioural therapy to treat depression in children and young adults has the potential to improve access to psychological therapies and reduce waiting lists, a new study suggests.

12 Dec 2019

Help for teenagers who want to quit smoking

A new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatricsreports on the use of varenicline, a drug that helps smokers quit. The study is unique in that it targeted teenagers who wanted to quit. While confirming the low overall efficacy of the drug, it shows that it may perhaps help teenage smokers to quit faster and to stay smoke-free longer.

11 Dec 2019

Children of all age groups around the world at risk from decline in physical activity

Emphasis on particular groups hinders efforts to address the problem of declining physical activity in children, according to a study led at the University of Strathclyde.

11 Dec 2019

New research may help guide future treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Edith Cowan University researchers have found that a chronic disease affecting up to 80 per cent of overweight people may be causing an iron deficiency that simply leaves them too tired to get off the couch.

11 Dec 2019

Evaluating safety and efficacy of migraine preventive treatment for children, adolescents

Cephalalgia, the official journal of the International Headache Society, published the article entitled "Cinnarizine and sodium valproate as the preventive agents of pediatric migraine: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial", by Man Amanat, and Mahmoud Reza Ashrafi from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

10 Dec 2019

UC study explores side effects in pediatric patients treated with antidepressants

Sometimes, the medications needed to function and live a quality life cause side effects that can make life quite uncomfortable.

10 Dec 2019

Study focuses on smoking cessation treatment for adolescents

Preventable deaths are those that can be stymied by public health intervention, and deaths related to tobacco use are at the top of that list in the United States as well as globally.

10 Dec 2019

Justified and unjustified violence in movies activate different parts of adolescent brain

The gun violence seen in popular PG-13 movies aimed at children and teenagers has more than doubled since the rating was introduced in 1984. The increasing on-screen gun violence has raised concerns that it will encourage imitation, especially when it is portrayed as "justified."

10 Dec 2019

Study uncovers need to improve HCV testing rates in young people

A new study led by Boston Medical Center uncovered a need to improve testing rates for Hepatitis C Virus in young people, specifically those with documented substance use history.

10 Dec 2019

Immunotherapy more effective than chemotherapy for children, young adults with relapsed B-ALL

New findings from a clinical trial show that treatment with the immunotherapy drug blinatumomab is superior to standard chemotherapy for children and young adults with high- or intermediate-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia that has relapsed.

10 Dec 2019

Researchers receive federal grant to study educational outcomes of children with special needs

A team of New Jersey researchers received a major federal grant to study the educational outcomes of children with special health care needs.

9 Dec 2019

Inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is associated with reduced suicidality, shows study

When an adolescent is acutely suicidal and cannot safely remain in the community, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is the traditional intervention.

9 Dec 2019

Exercise improves key measures of cardiovascular health

Eight months of daily, afterschool physical activity in previously inactive 8- to 11-year-olds with obesity and overweight improved key measures of their cardiovascular health like good cholesterol levels, aerobic fitness and percent body fat, but didn't improve others like arterial stiffness, an early indicator of cardiovascular risk, investigators report.

9 Dec 2019

Adolescents News and Research

Houston Methodist scientist proposes new combination treatment for Ewing sarcoma

Older teens may have similar opioid overdose risk factors as adults

Study finds dramatic increase in teen overdoses from anxiety drugs

Disturbing trends in teen e-cigarette use

Black adolescents experience daily multidimensional racial discrimination

Study highlights disturbing trends in youth vaping

Bans restricting e-cigarette sales could do more harm than good, say experts

Computerized CBT for depression could improve access to treatment, reduce waiting lists

Help for teenagers who want to quit smoking

Children of all age groups around the world at risk from decline in physical activity

New research may help guide future treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Evaluating safety and efficacy of migraine preventive treatment for children, adolescents

UC study explores side effects in pediatric patients treated with antidepressants

Study focuses on smoking cessation treatment for adolescents

Justified and unjustified violence in movies activate different parts of adolescent brain

Study uncovers need to improve HCV testing rates in young people

Immunotherapy more effective than chemotherapy for children, young adults with relapsed B-ALL

Researchers receive federal grant to study educational outcomes of children with special needs

Inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is associated with reduced suicidality, shows study

Exercise improves key measures of cardiovascular health

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