High rates of oophorectomy for benign ovarian neoplasms in pediatric population
1. In this multicenter retrospective cohort study, pediatric patients with an ovarian neoplasm had high rates of oophorectomy despite low...
Duration, type of poverty affect children’s readiness for school
1. In this retrospective cohort study, researchers found that children born into poverty were less likely to be ready for...
Campaign for restrictive marriage laws associated with increased homophobic bullying
1. In this retrospective cohort study, researchers discovered an increase in homophobic bullying prior to passage of Proposition 8 -...
Transgender youth at increased risk for sexual assault with restrictive bathroom policies
1. In this nationwide survey, the majority of transgender or nonbinary youths were significantly more likely to experience sexual assault...
Sex, hemoglobin A1c, psychosocial factors associated with type 1 diabetes-related distress
1. In this prospective cohort study, adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) were noted to be more likely to have...
Soft bedding, overlaying, wedging common causes of sleep-related infant death
1. Of the various mechanisms causing infant suffocation during sleep, soft bedding, overlaying, and wedging were the most commonly identified...
Shared decision making, options, and trust improve experience for adolescents with cancer
1. More than half of adolescents with cancer desired to make decisions together with their oncologist after considering the opinion...
Exclusive breastfeeding linked to slight decrease in adolescent LDL Cholesterol
1. Exclusive breastfeeding in the first 3 months of life, as opposed to mixed breast and bottle feeding and exclusive...
Screening insufficient for newborns exposed to hepatitis C virus
1. In this retrospective study, only a fraction of infants receiving well-child care at the study institution were screened for...
Parent-child reading interventions have positive psychosocial effects
1. A meta-analysis reviewing the effect of parent-child book reading interventions revealed a positive correlation between such interventions and a...
