La FDA debe tomar medidas enérgicas contra minoristas que venden tabaco a adolescentes: informe
VIERNES, 22 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Un nuevo informe gubernamental concluye que los reguladores federales necesitan hacer más para ayudar en la lucha para mantener a los niños y adolescentes alejados del tabaco.Entre los hallazgos de…
Learn MoreKids’ ER Visits for Mental Health Crises Rise When School Term Begins
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While the start of the school year can give kids and teens the chance to reconnect with friends and enjoy school sports and activities, it can also trigger stressors that send many to the emergency room for m…
Learn MoreKids’ ER Visits for Mental Health Crises Rise When School Term Begins
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While the start of the school year can give kids and teens the chance to reconnect with friends and enjoy school sports and activities, it can also trigger stressors that send many to the emergency room for m…
Learn MoreVaping Raises a Teen’s Odds of Developing Asthma
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research underscores the harms of e-cigarettes, showing that vaping increases the risk of asthma in teens who have never smoked cigarettes.Although e-cigarettes have fewer toxins than regular cigarettes, …
Learn MoreVaping Raises a Teen’s Odds of Developing Asthma
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research underscores the harms of e-cigarettes, showing that vaping increases the risk of asthma in teens who have never smoked cigarettes.Although e-cigarettes have fewer toxins than regular cigarettes, …
Learn MoreFDA Must Crack Down on Retailers Selling Tobacco to Teens: Report
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new government report finds that federal regulators need to do more to help in the battle to keep kids and teens off tobacco.Among the report’s findings were that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration nee…
Learn More5-ASA Discontinuation Common Within First Year of Ulcerative Colitis Diagnosis in Youth
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For adolescents and young adults diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC), the rate of discontinuation of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) maintenance treatment is high within the first year, according to a stu…
Learn MoreYoung E-Cigarette Users Report Higher Levels of Chronic Stress
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Young electronic cigarette users are more likely to report having chronic stress than nonusers, according to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2023, held from Sept….
Learn MoreDialectical Behavior Therapy Tied to Fewer Suicide Attempts
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is effective for decreasing suicide attempts among adolescents with bipolar spectrum disorder, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in JAMA Psychiatry.Tina R. Gol…
Learn MoreEconomic Burden of Youth Violence Reached $122 Billion in 2020
MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The economic burden of youth violence reached $122 billion in 2020 and was dominated by homicides, according to a research letter published online Sept. 18 in JAMA Pediatrics.Cora Peterson, Ph.D., from the U….
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