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Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecologic Problems Continue During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyVol. 33Issue 4p329–330Published online: May 19, 2020- Paula J. Adams Hillard
Cited in Scopus: 0Greetings, dear readers, from shelter-in-place COVID-19 land, a very different place from where we all were (literally, and figuratively) when I wrote my last editorial on Pediatric and adolescent gynecology (PAG) in the time of a pandemic. Most of us are still reeling from the many changes that COVID-19 infections have necessitated. - Editorial
Pronouns and PAG
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyVol. 32Issue 6p561–562Published online: October 25, 2019- Paula J. Adams Hillard
Cited in Scopus: 0I confess that I really enjoy grammar, and have a passion for the English language and its words, phrases, clauses, sentences and parts of speech. I attribute this to my mother's similar enthusiasm, no doubt inculcated in me at a young age. When I started to learn to speak French in elementary school, I remember being puzzled that French nouns had grammatical gender. Why are some French nouns feminine (the table, la table) and others masculine (a book, un livre)? It doesn't make sense to me, and to this day I struggle in my attempts to learn the grammatical gender of nouns in other languages. - Editorial
Vulnerable Adolescents
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyVol. 32Issue 5p451–452Published in issue: October, 2019- Paula J. Adams Hillard
Cited in Scopus: 1Reading the titles of the articles in this issue of the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (JPAG), the concept of adolescent vulnerability comes to mind. I am far from an expert on this topic that includes various models of health and risk behavior, but my colleagues in adolescent medicine and psychology have taught me several things: that there is a relationship between adolescent development and the development of poor health outcomes; that there are subpopulations of adolescents who might be particularly vulnerable to morbidities and mortality; and that behavioral risk factors contribute to those vulnerabilities. - Editorial
Dilators for the Vajayjay
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyVol. 32Issue 4p347–348Published in issue: August, 2019- Paula J. Adams Hillard
Cited in Scopus: 0I have long been on a campaign to use anatomically correct names for body parts. My daughter will attest that she knew about her vagina from a young age; when we were teaching her the names of other body parts, I made sure to also talk about her vagina. I can say that she was as proud of her vagina as her younger brothers were about their penises. But those of us who see young girls for gynecologic concerns may need to ask moms about the colloquial words that are used in their family to describe the female genitals. - Editorial
A Research Agenda for Adolescent Menstrual Cycles
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyVol. 32Issue 3p247–248Published in issue: June, 2019- Paula J. Adams Hillard
Cited in Scopus: 0Yes, I'm talking about menstrual cycles—again. I'm back on my soapbox, addressing the importance of the menstrual cycle. This time, it's prompted by an excellent review in this issue of the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (JPAG) from Carlson and Shaw, “Development of ovulatory menstrual cycles in adolescent girls,” that deserves your attention.1 The authors summarize what we know about the anovulatory cycles that occur during the early gynecologic years—the first few years after menarche. - Editorial
Conflicts of Interest and Trust in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyVol. 32Issue 1p1–2Published in issue: February, 2019- Paula J. Adams Hillard
Cited in Scopus: 0I state at the outset: there is no scandal brewing at the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (JPAG). Yet my editorial is prompted by an article in the Sunday New York Times (Times), titled, “‘Broken’ system lets doctors omit industry ties in journals.”1 This piece raises concerns about the influence of pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech companies on medical research. In the article on the front page of the Times, a number of prominent physicians are called out for having failed to disclose financial relationships when their studies were published in medical journals as prominent as the New England Journal of Medicine. - Editorial
Menstrual Cycles: Who Cares? We All Should
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyVol. 31Issue 6p547–548Published online: October 10, 2018- Paula J. Adams Hillard
Cited in Scopus: 1The first and most obvious answer to the question, “Who cares about menstrual cycles?” is that at least half of the world's population cares. In keeping with my penchant for true facts, as opposed to alternative ones, I fact-checked that percentage and found that according to data from the United Nations Population Division, reported by the World Bank, in 2017, women made up 49.558% of the world's population—basically close enough to half.1 Menstruation is a defining event for women, and its onset signals the beginning of the potential for reproduction. - Editorial
Fired Up, Ready to Go-- Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyVol. 31Issue 3p223–224Published in issue: June, 2018- Paula J. Adams Hillard
Cited in Scopus: 0In my editorials for this journal, I get the opportunity to address the universe of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (PAG) specialists—you, dear Readers. As I write my editorial today, I am returning from the Annual Clinical and Research Meeting (ACRM) of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG). I have attended this meeting almost every year since 1988, and invariably, when I return to my home institution, I am “fired up, ready to go”.
