Adolescent Medicine
- Restrictive eating disorders in previously overweight adolescents and young adults
Some patients with restrictive eating disorders are hiding in plain sight.
- Atypical anorexia nervosa can be just as bad
Eating disorders can occur in patients with a wide variety of weights.
- Familial hypercholesterolemia: Detect, treat, and ask about family
Patients can develop elevated LDL-C and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at a young age.
- A young man with hypertension and hypokalemia
At presentation, his blood pressure was 184/154 mm Hg, and his serum potassium level was 3.1 mmol/L.
- Sickle cell disease: A primary care update
Survival has improved, but patients still face multiorgan damage, chronic anemia, and debilitating pain crises.
- 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.
- Where have all the children gone? Intentional communities for adults with autism
Children with ASD grow to be adults with ASD, with complex healthcare needs.