Tag: Adolescents / Teens
Lower Levels of Adolescent Cannabis, Vaping During Pandemic Persisted to 2022
Reduced levels of teen cannabis use and nicotine vaping seen during pandemic continued, while alcohol use returned to prepandemic level
Child Homicides Up Across Several Subpopulations
Children ≤10 years often victims perpetrated by parents/caregivers, while children ≥11 years more often perpetrated by friends/acquaintances
Overdose Deaths Up in Teens From July to December 2019 to 2021
About 90 and 83.9 percent of overdose deaths involved opioids and illicitly manufactured fentanyls
HPV Vaccine Coverage in Children Remains Lower Than Prepandemic
However, recovery seen in monthly volume of vaccine doses administered
Poison Center Calls for Youth Up for Marijuana
Adolescent cannabis abuse increased 245 percent since 2000, especially for edible products
Sports Team Participation Linked to Increased Odds of Vaping
Among cigarette and EVP users, sports team participation linked to lower odds of frequent versus intermittent cigarette/EVP use
Burden of Early-Onset T2DM Increasing in Teens, Young Adults
Incidence rate and DALY rate in 2019 highest in countries with low-middle, middle sociodemographic index
Bromocriptine Quick Release Beneficial for Teens With T1DM
Improvements seen in blood pressure and central and peripheral aortic stiffness and pressure hemodynamics in teens with type 1 diabetes
Sleeve Gastrectomy Compared to Gastric Bypass for Teens With Obesity
Sleeve gastrectomy tied to lower health care utilization, but five-year death, complications, reoperation, revision similar to gastric bypass
Skills-Training Program Beneficial for Teen Drivers With ADHD
Program reduces frequency of long glances and lessens variation in lane position compared with control program