Body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used for disease diagnosis, characterization, and monitoring in children of all ages. MRI has numerous advantages when compared to other imaging modalities, including a lack of ionizing radiation, superior soft tissue image contrast, and ability to...
“In some parts of the United States, there are long waiting lists for a diagnostic evaluation that can last months or even years,” Samelson says. “For families, it can be very distressing to be stuck on a long waitlist during their child’s critical development years.” Although children...
What are the odds that smoking will kill you? We calculated the long-term risks of death from smoking for individuals of various ages and smoking status in terms of the excess mortality contributed by ... ME Mattson,ES Pollack,JW Cullen - 《American Journal of Public Health》...
Puberty is personal and can start at very different times. Girls usually start at the age of 9-12 and boys usually at the age of 10-13. But it can also be normal for puberty to start before or after these ages. The onset of puberty depends on various f...
Furthermore, the reference ranges for thyroid function in relation to stroke outcomes are debated, as it remains unclear whether pre-disease states are related to changes in the acute phase of the disease that affect ischemic stroke prognosis at discharge or in the long term [16,17,18]. Thus...
Using a national sample of 1560 youth Internet users, ages 10 to 17, collected between 2010 and 2011, the present study examined the attitudes and beliefs about the impact of sexting as well as youths’ likelihood of reporting it to authorities. Results indicate that the majority of youth ...
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schools let people into their playgrounds when school is out, the Trust for Public Land (TPL) found, and opening up these spaces would give 5.2 million more children access. “Play streets”— residential streets or parking lots that are temporarily closed for activities — are another ...
Another issue that female friends between the ages of 9 and 45 need to consider is human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. Who are not suitable for the HPV vaccine? People who are allergic to the HPV vaccine (yeast, protein allergies), su...
The vaccines that are recommended for them help prevent major health problems, including infertility, muscle paralysis, brain damage, blindness, deafness and cancer. The American Academy of Pediatrics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other medical groups all agree on the schedule of rec...