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SLIT vs SCIT: Which Immunotherapy Works Best for Children With Allergic Rhinitis? Review Sheds Light
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (525+ words) Saudi Arabia: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials suggests that both sublingual and subcutaneous allergen immunotherapy are effective options for managing allergic rhinitis in children,......
Researchers Assess Health Risks and Benefits of Vegan Diets in Kids
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (404+ words) Plant-based diets for kids can be a smart choice-but only if parents plan carefully. A massive global meta-analysis involving nearly 49,000 children and teens from 18 countries has confirmed that... Plant-based diets for kids can be a smart choice-but only if parents…...
IG-21st reference standards have a high predictive value for antenatal fetal growth monitoring: Study
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (368+ words) IG-21st reference standards have a high predictive value for antenatal fetal growth monitoring: Study'Medical Dialogues Fetal growth restriction (FGR), is a common complication of pregnancy that has been associated with a variety of APO (Adverse perinatal outcome) An optimal management…...
Common Food Ingredient Found to Influence Children's Lifelong Health
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (282+ words) Common Food Ingredient Found to Influence Children's Lifelong Health'Medical Dialogues What a mother eats during pregnancy might shape her child's gut health for life A new study from the Institut-Pasteur and Inserm has found that dietary emulsifiers-common additives in processed…...
COVID-19 Vaccination Does Not Increase Risk of idiopathic inflammatory myositis in U.S. Veterans: Study
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (234+ words) A new study published in the journal of Arthritis Care & Research found no evidence to suggest that COVID-19 vaccination increases the risk of developing idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM). The study analyzed Veterans Health Administration (VHA) records, to provide reassurance amid earlier…...
Probiotics can restore gut microbiome in breastfed infants: Study
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (359+ words) In recent years, scientists have learned that key beneficial infant gut bacteria Bifidobacterium infantis are disappearing from infants in high-resource areas such as the United States and Europe.... In recent years, scientists have learned that key beneficial infant gut bacteria…...
Adding antibody treatment to chemo boosts outcomes for children with rare cancer: Study
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (249+ words) Children with a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma which hasn't responded to initial treatment or that has relapsed may benefit from adding antibody treatment to usual chemotherapy, according to new results from a clinical trial. Children who received dB…...
Farm-living families develop earlier immune against food allergies: Study
1+ week, 1+ day ago (266+ words) Children who grow up in farming communities have long been known to develop far fewer allergies than their urban peers. A new study from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), offers one possible reason why: their immune systems may…...
Stanford Medicine study shows why mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1306+ words) Stanford Medicine investigators have unearthed the biological process by which mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 can cause heart damage in some young men and adolescents-and they've shown a possible route to reducing its likelihood. Using advanced but now common lab technologies,…...
Adult Weight Gain From Normal BMI in childhood Raises Midlife CKM syndrome Risk: Study
2+ week, 2+ day ago (301+ words) A new study published in the journal of Diabetes Care showed that the chance of developing higher cardiometabolic (CKM) stages in midlife is increased when a person's BMI changes from normal in childhood to overweight in maturity. Knowing how changes…...