March 28, 2024
(New York Times) – Cases of trisomy 18 may rise as many states restrict abortion. But some women choose to have the babies, love them tenderly and care for them devotedly. In Texas last year, Kate Cox, whose fetus had … Read More
March 25, 2024
(Axios) – A shocking number of American kids are sad, suicidal and stuck on small screens sucking away their zest for life. Why it matters: This is the indisputable and alarming trend among American children, based on the latest polling … Read More
March 25, 2024
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include: “A Bioethical Perspective on the Meanings behind a Wish to Hasten Death: A meta-ethnographic Review” by Paulo J. Borges, Pablo Hernández-Marrero and Sandra Martins Pereira “Layered Vulnerability and Researchers’ Responsibilities: … Read More
March 21, 2024
(NPR) – From her base in Gallup, New Mexico, Melissa Wyaco supervises about two dozen public health nurses who crisscross the sprawling Navajo Nation searching for patients who have tested positive for or been exposed to a disease once nearly … Read More
March 19, 2024
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 390, no. 8, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Direct-to-Consumer Platforms for New Antiobesity Medications — Concerns and Potential Opportunities” by I. Golovaty and S. Hagan “Childhood Obesity Prevention — … Read More
March 15, 2024
(Vox) – Children worldwide are less likely to die before they reach the age of 5 than at any time in recorded history, according to new data from the United Nations. The worldwide mortality rate for kids younger than 5 … Read More
March 14, 2024
(NPR) – A national survey of more than 2,000 high school seniors across the country found that more than 11% used a drug called delta-8 THC in the past year. The psychoactive compound is derived from hemp, and often called … Read More
March 14, 2024
(New York Times) – Teen pregnancy increases the chances that a young woman will drop out of school and struggle with poverty, research has shown. Teenagers are also more likely to develop serious medical complications during pregnancy. Now a large … Read More
March 13, 2024
(Nature) – Statistics from around the world are now clear: the rates of more than a dozen cancers are increasing among adults under the age of 50. This rise varies from country to country and cancer to cancer, but models … Read More
March 13, 2024
(The Atlantic) – Something went suddenly and horribly wrong for adolescents in the early 2010s. By now you’ve likely seen the statistics: Rates of depression and anxiety in the United States—fairly stable in the 2000s—rose by more than 50 percent … Read More
March 13, 2024
(NPR) – Flint, Mich., has one of the country’s highest rates of child poverty — something that got a lot of attention during the city’s lead water crisis a decade ago. And a pediatrician who helped expose that lead problem … Read More
March 13, 2024
(NBC News) – Nearly three-quarters of teens surveyed by the Pew Research Center said they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their smartphones — but 44% also said they feel anxious without them. The teens were asked a … Read More
March 12, 2024
(Cosmopolitan) – Vanessa, who requested anonymity to speak freely about her family dynamics, says she helped create content for huge companies like Huggies and Hasbro when her mom landed endorsement deals. When she reached puberty and began menstruating, her mother … Read More
March 12, 2024
(The Guardian) – Children who have gender dysphoria will no longer be given puberty blockers, NHS England has said, ahead of a radical change in how it cares for them. There is not enough evidence about either how safe they … Read More
March 12, 2024
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 390, no. 6, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Risks of Normalizing Parental Vaccine Hesitancy” by D.M. Higgins and S.T. O’Leary “Addressing the Challenge of Common Chronic Diseases — … Read More
March 11, 2024
(STAT News) – Hundreds of messages from an internal chat board for an international group of transgender health professionals were leaked in a think tank report last week and framed as revealing serious health risks associated with gender-affirming care, including … Read More
March 11, 2024
(New York Times) – Nearly 60,000 pregnant women in Gaza are suffering from malnutrition, dehydration and lack of proper health care, according to the Gaza health ministry. In a statement on Friday, the ministry said that about 5,000 women in … Read More
March 7, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – More parents with young children are taking melatonin to sleep. And some of them are going to the emergency room after their children took melatonin accidentally. The number of children who visited emergency rooms for unsupervised … Read More
March 7, 2024
(STAT News) – A new monoclonal antibody product to protect against respiratory syncytial virus was 90% effective at preventing little children from being hospitalized with RSV, according to new data from the first season it was in use. (Read More)
March 7, 2024
(The Conversation) – Mental health problems among young people are on the rise. An especially stark finding of the report is that 20 years ago, this age group was the least likely to have a common mental disorder. The big … Read More
March 5, 2024
(Undark) – When drugs get approved, it’s usually on the basis of how they function in adults. This holds true for nearly all conditions, including mental health disorders, cancer, and rare diseases. As a result, children are usually prescribed medication … Read More
February 28, 2024
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration, citing Ecuadorean investigators, said a spice grinder was likely responsible for the contamination and said the quick recall of three million applesauce pouches protected the food supply. But hundreds of pages … Read More
February 28, 2024
(STAT News) – An unprecedented shortage of cholera vaccine has public health experts fearing that a recent surge of outbreaks across developing countries will only worsen, a situation they argue is as regrettable as it was avoidable. At least 16 … Read More
February 28, 2024
(MedPage Today) – Calls to poison centers about psilocybin among adolescents and young adults shot up after U.S. states and cities began decriminalizing the compound, according to an analysis of data from the U.S. National Poison Data System (NPDS). From … Read More
February 28, 2024
(NPR) – In mid-February, a measles outbreak started at the Manatee Bay Elementary School in Broward County in South Florida. There are now at least nine cases in the county and one additional one in Polk County in Central Florida. … Read More