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HEADSSS Assessment

Author/s: Dr Nicola Martin, Dr Louise Ingram, Adam Bonfield

The HEADSSS assessment is an internationally recognised tool used to structure the assessment of an adolescent patient, encompassing Home, Education/Employment, Activities, Drugs, Sex and relationships, Self harm and depression, Safety and abuse. The assessment starts with simple and easy...

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adolescent Drug abuse Relationships safety abuse Self Harm assessment depression

What Parents Should Know About Fire Safety

Author/s: Mickey A Emmanuel, Mikhail Goldenberg, Lindsay A Thompson

Many of these injuries are preventable by taking simple steps to make your home safer and knowing what to do when a fire occurs. Most accidental home fires start from cooking, heating equipment, electrical items, or smoking materials. Never leave food unattended on the stove while cooking. Use...

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Fire safety children parents smoke Cooking smoking Carbon Monoxide

What Is Prostatitis?

Author/s: Rebecca Voelker

Prostatitis involves infection, inflammation, or pain in the prostate gland and affects about 9% of men during their lifetime.

What Is Acute Bacterial Prostatitis?
Acute bacterial prostatitis is a urinary tract infection that involves the prostate.1 Patients with acute prostatitis...

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Prostatitis Humans pelvic pain male Urinary Tract Urinary Retention Prostatic Hyperplasia

What Parents Need to Know About Sleep in Children

Author/s: Cynthia-Mae M Hunt, Lindsay A Thompson

Half of all children have sleep issues at some point during childhood.

When a child does not sleep well, the entire family feels the impact. Sleep supports growth and development and prevents other illnesses. Poor sleep can lead to daytime irritability, trouble focusing, behavioral issues...

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pediatrics sleep adolescents Parasomnias Somnambulism Wakefulness Night Terrors Sleep Hygiene

What Is Ovarian Cancer?

Author/s: Rebecca Voelker

Ovarian cancer is a malignancy of the ovary, the female reproductive organ that produces eggs.

How Common Is Ovarian Cancer?
Among women worldwide, ovarian cancer is the eighth most common malignancy and cause of cancer death. In 2022, ovarian cancer was diagnosed in about 325 000...

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ovarian cancer ovaries Patient Information Reproductive Health

What Is Diverticulitis?

Author/s: Shreya Narayanan, Christopher D. Jackson, MD

Diverticulitis involves inflammation of outpouchings of the intestinal wall, a condition known as diverticulosis.

Risk factors for diverticulosis include being older than 65 years, obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 or more), high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, certain medications (...

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Gastroenterology Diverticulitis Diverticulum

What RSV Is and Why Immunization Matters

Author/s: Alistair Mukondiwa, Callie L. Brown, Lindsay A. Thompson

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children and how to prevent its spread.
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pediatrics RSV respiratory synytial virus vaccines immunizations vaccines

What Parents Should Know About Preventing Accidental Poisonings

Author/s: Mickey A Emmanuel, Ava Mascarenhas, Lindsay A Thompson

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page discusses the most common causes of poisoning in children and safety tips to prevent poisoning.
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Poison Poison Control analgesics Accidental Consumption

I Am Taking a GLP-1 Weight-Loss Medication—What Should I Know?

Author/s: Farhad Mehrtash, Jody Dushay, JoAnn E. Manson

This JAMA Internal Medicine Patient Page describes how glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists work and what behaviors to adopt while using them.
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diet GLP-1 weight loss

Autistic patients

Author/s: Louisa Lok Yee Man, Adeline Lacroix, Meng-Chuan Lai

Ensuring accessibility helps reduce missed health care for autistic people. Health care delivery should be adapted in light of autism-related sensory profiles. Tailored accommodations should be implemented for each autistic patient’s unique communication profiles and preferences. Health care...

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autism sensory delivery of health care communication accessibility gender identity

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