Adolescent Medicine

• Meeting News Coverage

• Barriers to expedited partner therapy exist for providers treating STIs

• March 14, 2013
• Expedited partner therapy as a treatment for infected sexual partners is blocked from use for a variety of reasons, new research suggests.
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• Meeting News Coverage

• HPV-related diseases perceived as separate concerns by teenage boys

• March 14, 2013
• Teenage boys conceptualized genital warts and HPV-related cancer as distinct conditions through drawings and descriptions, according to a poster...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• HPV-related diseases perceived as separate concerns by teenage boys

• HemOnc Today, June 10, 2013
• Teenage boys conceptualized genital warts and HPV-related cancer as distinct conditions through drawings and descriptions, according to a poster...More »

• Meeting News Coverage Perspective

• Tests of reinfection important for young adolescents positive for chlamydia

• Infectious Diseases in Children, April 2013
• Tests of reinfection for adolescents who test positive for chlamydia and combined patient–provider interventions to improve documentation may...More »

• Video

• CDC: New recommendations to reduce, prevent health care-associated infections

• March 6, 2013
• Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, director of the CDC, highlights the dangers of health care associated infections, as well as the urgent need to detect infections...More »

• In the Journals

• Birth control use rose in adolescent girls after intervention

• February 25, 2013
• Teenage girls who took part in a youth development and intervention aimed at reducing pregnancy risk in high-risk adolescents reported more consistent use...More »

• Breaking News

• CDC: Significant health, economic toll reported for STIs in US

• February 15, 2013
• There are more than 110 million sexually transmitted infections among men and women in the United States, with approximately 20 million new infections...More »

• Editorial

• The Impact of Evolving Sexual Attitudes on Pediatrics

• Pediatric Annals, February 2013, Volume 42 Issue 2
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• Guest Editorial

• Adolescent Sexuality

• Pediatric Annals, February 2013, Volume 42 Issue 2
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• CME CME

• Contraception for Adolescents

• Pediatric Annals, February 2013, Volume 42 Issue 2
• 1. Identify and explain the four currently available methods of emergency contraception.
  2. Discuss the risk and benefits of intrauterine devices as a...More »

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