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Gender-Affirming Hormones Not Tied to Thrombosis With Short-Term Use

March 23, 2021 Adolescent, adolescent health, adolescent medicine, Adolescents, asexual, Bisexual, embolism (pulmonary), endocrine therapy, gay, hormonal therapy, hormone therapy, intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQI, LGBTQIA, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary embolism (pe), pulmonary embolus, queer, teenage, teenager, teens, Testosterone, thromboembolism, thrombosis, transgender, venous thromboembolism, young adult

(Reuters Health) – Transgender adolescents and young adults on gender-affirming hormone therapy don’t appear to be at increased risk of

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Tablet-Based Sex Trafficking Screening Works for Minors in the ED

February 20, 2021 Adolescent, adolescent health, adolescent medicine, Adolescents, Child, child sexual abuse, Childhood, children, confidentiality, crime, criminal, hospital emergency services, kids, molestation, patient confidentiality, Pediatrics, Sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual violence, social determinants of health, Social Issues, teenage, teenager, teens

(Reuters Health) – Using an electronic tablet to deliver a six-item screening tool to minors in a pediatric emergency department

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New study assesses different HPV vaccines and vaccine schedules in adolescent girls and boys

November 22, 2019 Adolescent, and, assesses, boys, different, girls, hpv, in, New, schedules, study, vaccine, Vaccines

New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today provides further information on the benefits and harms of different human papillomavirus

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Adolescent THC exposure alters neurons/gene networks associated with psychosis risk

October 18, 2018 Adolescent, alters, associated, exposure, networks, neurons/gene, psychosis, risk, THC, with

Young adults with exposure to THC (the psychoactive component of cannabis) during adolescence have alterations in the structure of neurons

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