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could the anti-depressant industry in children and adolescents be a scam?  A review of the evidence finds very low quality of evidence with > 56% of the studies being funded by the industry itself; can you say conflict of interest or potential bias?  Review finds evidence only that fluoxetine is more effective than placebo in children and adolescents with depression.

CoQ10 shown to be effective therapy in prevention of migraine headaches in children and adolescents

Vitamin D deficiency is a growing problem in adolescents.  How this will impact health, only time will tell.

vitamin D directly correlates with muscle force and power in adolescent girls performing fitness test.

normal versus low vitamin D in adolescent girls is found to be associated with increased grip strenght and lower bone turnover with increased bone mass.

Altered cognitive function found in adolescents with non-IR obesity.  This worsened with MetS and type II Diabetes.  The statement that there is healthy obesity is in error.

Elevated androgens are associated increasing insulin, insulin resistance, and inflammation (as measured by CRP).

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Scary study.  This study seems to show that state laws are the way to reduce BMI.  BMI is not a reliable measurement of Percent fat.  So, I question this study all together.  But their conclusion seems to be to attack obesity through legislation.  You should attack obesity through education.

elevated pm saliva cortisol and increased IL-6 is predictive of PTSD in children and adolescents.  

2009 study finds that in 3502 cases of mumps, 97% of the adolescents had received the mumps vaccine (89% 2 doses and an additional 9% 1 dose).

Testosterone increases dopamine signaling.  This study was done on male rats.  No effect was seen with Estradiol.

salivary cortisol testing is "attractive and reliable" way to follow cortisol in children and adolescence

Fatty liver is most common liver abnormality in children 2 - 19.  Accounting for 13% of children in this study

pesticides, organochlorines, increase obesity in children and adolescence

low lead level exposure and thyroid dysfunction

Salivary CRP correlates with serum CRP in adolescents with inflammation.

good review of the physiology behind adolescent PCOS.  Though I hate this term because it treats PCOS as a diagnostic disease when it is simply a metabolically induced hormone balance.

review of VTE risk in adolescent women on hormonal contraception.  Good review of the clotting cascade as well.  

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