Oral progestins achieved a nearly 90% success rate in reducing or stopping heavy menstrual bleeding among adolescent and young adult females with bleeding disorders, according to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The findings suggest these medications outperformed four other treatment methods evaluated by researchers. The retrospective study, led by He Huang, … Read more
Adolescent oral health is now recognized as a critical component of systemic well-being, prompting the American Academy of Pediatrics to issue a milestone clinical report in Pediatrics. Led by Susan A. Fisher-Owens, the guidance stresses that an unhealthy mouth in adolescence can cause pain, missed school, and long-term health risks that extend into adulthood. Pediatrician … Read more
Adolescent Emergency Department Suicide Screens Reveal 11.6% Attempt Rate Within Three Months More than 1 in 10 adolescents who screen positive for suicide risk in a hospital emergency department attempt suicide within three months, according to a study published online September 25, 2026, in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Researchers from the Pediatric Emergency Care … Read more
Adolescents and Gender-Diverse Patients Missing From Global Endometriosis Guidelines Adolescents, gender-diverse individuals, and patients with lived experience are largely excluded from clinical guidelines for endometriosis worldwide, according to a University of Queensland study (DOI: 10.1038/s43856-026-01907-w). The global study analyzed 47 clinical guidelines from 47 countries, including 19 published in languages other than English, revealing that … Read more
A retrospective study of 229,847 Medicaid-enrolled youths aged 13–25 found that only 3% remained on medication for opioid use disorder (OUD) for at least 180 days. Published October 2 in JAMA Network Open, the research, led by Scott E. Hadland of Mass General Brigham for Children, reveals that while 50.7% of these individuals initiated treatment … Read more
According to a study by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, a high adolescent body mass index may be linked to accelerated biological aging in adulthood. Researchers assessed participants’ biological age and examined whether adolescent BMI was associated with the rate of biological aging, finding that genetic predisposition to … Read more
Young people living with HIV achieve better viral suppression when receiving antiretroviral therapy via injections every eight weeks compared to daily tablets, according to clinical trial findings published in The Lancet and presented at the World AIDS Conference by UCL researchers. The LATA trial demonstrated that two-month long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine injections reduced viral rebound … Read more
According to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the journal Depression and Anxiety, higher consumption of specific nonalcoholic beverages is associated with greater odds of depression and anxiety across global populations. Researchers examining data from more than 2 million participants across 59 studies found that while coffee intake was inversely associated with depression, sugar-sweetened … Read more
Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) arrested between 50.2% and 57.5% of active cavitated dentin caries lesions in young children over an eight-month period, according to a phase 3 multisite clinical trial published in JAMA Pediatrics. The trial evaluated 830 generally healthy children aged 12 to 71 months with severe early childhood caries to inform US Food … Read more
A multidisciplinary panel of 60 specialists has released the 2025 edition of the Chinese consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of prolactinomas, published in the Chinese Neurosurgical Journal on June 8, 2026. This evidence-based framework standardizes care across endocrinology, neurosurgery, and radiology to improve early detection and patient outcomes for the most common hormone-secreting pituitary … Read more