(Reuters Health) – Less than one in five teens with chronic health problems have made plans with their pediatrician to take over responsibility for their own care and transition to seeing doctors who treat adults, a U.S. study suggests. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Roughly one in 11 American middle and high school students have used cannabis in e-cigarettes, a study suggests. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Transgender adolescents are far more likely to attempt suicide than teens whose identity matches what it says on their birth certificates, and trans male youth are especially at risk, a U.S. study suggests. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – One in three teen drivers in the U.S. text while driving, new survey data suggests. And the number may be higher in states where teens start driving at younger ages. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – – Doctors who treat adolescents should find ways to ask them about their gender identity during office visits, researchers say. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Children and teens who specialize in one sport may be more likely to get injured than those who play a variety of sports, a new study suggests. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Many pediatricians and family physicians don’t discuss the meningococcal B vaccine with teens even though these conversations are recommended to determine whether adolescents should get shots to protect against this lethal infection, a U.S. study suggests. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning teens are at least twice as likely as their heterosexual peers to use illegal drugs like cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and methamphetamines, a U.S. study suggests. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Adolescents who have smoked e-cigarettes are more than three times more likely to move on to marijuana than teens who have never tried vaping, a U.S. study suggests. Reuters: Health News
The U.S. government is urging federal judges to dismiss two lawsuits by Planned Parenthood affiliates over its efforts to impose what they called an “abstinence-only-until-marriage” focus in its Teen Pregnancy Protection Program. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Roughly two in three U.S. teens believe that tougher gun control laws might help prevent mass shootings, a survey suggests. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Teens who spend lots of time surfing the web, playing games and chatting with friends on smartphones and tablets may be more likely to develop ADHD symptoms than youth who don’t, a U.S. study suggests. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – More than half of U.S. teens overestimate how often their peers smoke hookah, and a new study suggests this makes them more than nine times more likely to try it themselves. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Last month U.S. regulators said a pill that helps prevent infection with HIV is safe for use by adolescents, and a study suggests most physicians would be willing to prescribe this medicine to teens. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Adolescents with eczema who are prescribed topical corticosteroids to ease symptoms like itching and inflammation may not use their medicines as directed, a small study suggests. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Most parents believe their adolescents should spend time alone with the pediatrician during routine visits to talk about any concerns or questions, according to a new study. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Adolescents who don’t get enough sleep may be more likely to develop risk factors for heart disease like high blood pressure and excess body fat, a U.S. study suggests. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Obese teens who have weight loss surgery are likely to lose the same amount of weight regardless of whether they were previously diagnosed with psychiatric problems, a U.S. study suggests. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Gun violence in PG-13 movies may be more palatable to parents when it’s seen as justified within the context of the plot, but a new study suggests that many parents would like to shield kids from these scenes until they’re older. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Getting teens to put down their phones when they get behind the wheel is no easy task, but a small study suggests that parents may have more luck when they offer cash rewards. Reuters: Health News
(Reuters Health) – Adolescents may develop new or worsening mental health problems after weight-loss surgery, particularly those who already had symptoms at the time of the procedure, according to a small U.S. study. Reuters: Health News
