Doctors see more skin cancer in kids

Overall malignant melanoma diagnoses in children and adolescents have been rising steadily since 1973. A new study says that indoor tanning beds could be one factor for the increase of this skin cancer. » More

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Guidelines blur treatment decisions for PID

Many physicians who treat adolescent girls with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) are uncertain about choosing hospitalization or outpatient care for their patients by using current guidelines, a new study has found. » More

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Tobacco smoke may harm children’s kidneys

Adolescents exposed to tobacco smoke, whether through actively smoking or secondhand smoke, may show markers of kidney disease, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. » More

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GERD diagnoses expose infants to overmedication

Physicians’ diagnoses of probable gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in infants who cry and spit up excessively often lead them to overmedicate healthy babies, according to new research. » More

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Ultraviolet radiation exposure and melanoma

Parents underestimate children's smoke exposure

Vomiting, failure to thrive in a breastfed infant

NSAIDs problematic for children’s kidneys

Endometriosis likely with chronic pelvic pain

A probiotic shown to reduce colic symptoms

Synthetic marijuana linked to acute kidney injury