Adolescent Medicine
- Autonomous sensory meridian response: Your patients already know, do you?
People are actively seeking it out as a type of complementary therapy.
- Long-term consequences of prematurity
Survivors of premature birth may have adverse health effects later in life.
- COVID-19 and flu: Dual threat, dual opportunity
Measures to combat COVID-19 can minimize the impact of flu, and vice versa.
- Promoting resiliency in adolescents during a pandemic: A guide for clinicians and parents
Parents of adolescents may face unique challenges in helping their children navigate changes to their daily routine.
- The HPV vaccine: Understanding and addressing barriers to vaccination
Key steps include optimizing clinician-patient communication.
- Medical complications of anorexia nervosa
Many of these complications resolve with treatment and weight gain, but others can lead to permanent damage.
- Vaping: The new wave of nicotine addiction
Despite perceptions that vaping is harmless and claims that it can aid in smoking cessation, risks are emerging.
- STI update: Testing, treatment, and emerging threats
Fast, sensitive molecular diagnostic tests that use self-collected samples may help bend the upward curve of STIs.
- SEEDS for success: Lifestyle management in migraine
Lifestyle counseling can be based on the mnemonic SEEDS: sleep, exercise, eat, diary, and stress.
- Adults with autism spectrum disorder: Updated considerations for healthcare providers
Social support, community programs, and behavioral therapies can help. Caregivers may also need support.