{"id":3646,"date":"2016-04-19T13:21:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T18:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kbicblog.com\/blog\/academic-medicine\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2016-10-06T14:09:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T19:09:36","slug":"four-new-recommendations-for-adolescent-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kbicblog.com\/academic-medicine\/four-new-recommendations-for-adolescent-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Four New Recommendations for Adolescent Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Claire McCarthy, MD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dallas, TX\u00a0 | Posted April 19, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

The yearly \u201ccheck-up\u201d is the perfect (perhaps only) time to not only see how kids are growing and give any needed shots, but to see how they are doing more generally \u2014 and help be sure that they grow into healthy, happy adults. After all, prevention is really what pediatrics is all about.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has a checklist for pediatricians called \u201cRecommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care.\u201d These recommendations, which are updated every few years, are based on the most up-to-date research about the health of children now \u2014 and in the future.<\/p>\n

While the latest version<\/a> does include new recommendations for younger children, such as putting fluoride varnish on the teeth of children under 5 and doing a simple test for heart defects on newborns, most of the changes this time around pertain to adolescents. Here\u2019s what the AAP thinks pediatricians should be doing with their pre-teen and teen patients:<\/p>\n