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Q&A: Successful Pregnancy After Uterine Transplant
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (163+ words) Q&A: Successful Pregnancy After a Uterine Transplant Dr. Johannesson spoke with Physician's Weekly about the results of these procedures and the possibility of expanding accessibility. These results are an important step toward broader access because they show consistent success as…...
Slow Up-Dosing Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Appears Safer & Equally Effective for Toddlers
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (511+ words) A peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) regimen for toddlers involving slow up-dosing combined with a low maintenance dose may offer a safer alternative to more rapid dose-escalation approaches while maintaining similar efficacy, according to findings from the Small Children Oral Immunotherapy…...
Higher UPF Intake Tied to Increased Asthma Risk for Children
3+ week, 5+ day ago (416+ words) Among children, higher ultra'processed food (UPF) intake was significantly associated with an increased risk for asthma over 5 years; however, no similar association emerged for atopy, atopic dermatitis (AD), neumoallergen sensitization (AS), or food allergy (FA), according to findings from a…...
Differentiating Drug-Induced Psychosis From Psychiatric Disorders
3+ week, 5+ day ago (303+ words) Psychosis occurs both as a manifestation of psychiatric illness and as a consequence of drug intoxication. Differentiating between the two can be challenging, however, and psychosis from drug use may overlap with symptoms of an existing psychiatric condition. The publication…...
How Increased Screen Time Impacts Cardiovascular Health in Young Adults
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (374+ words) A sedentary lifestyle is associated with all sorts of health risks. It can lead to weight gain, loss of muscle tone, and numerous cardiovascular diseases. These consequences have been studied and well documented for decades, however advances in technology may…...
Roundtable: Understanding Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Through Synovial Tissue Atlas
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (461+ words) Physician's Weekly: Why did you feel this topic needed exploration?" Dr. Bolton: Inflammatory arthritis affects around 15, 000 children in the UK. The current trial-and-error approach to giving treatment has a high failure rate and is inadequate, with children often entering adulthood…...
Q&A: Sepsis Tied to Nearly 1 in 5 Pediatric In-Hospital Deaths in US
2+ mon, 10+ hour ago (453+ words) Scott L. Weiss, MD, MSCE The study analyzed 3. 9 million hospitalizations of children older than 30 days across two large EHR datasets'Epic Cosmos and HCA Healthcare'from 2018 to 2023. The PSE definition required presumed infection plus organ dysfunction using thresholds adapted for routine EHR data....
EDs Struggle to Accurately Triage Children With MBH Symptoms
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (228+ words) Overtriage commonly occurs among children presenting to the emergency department (ED) with mental and behavioral health (MBH) symptoms, with sociodemographic characteristics influencing the likelihood of overtriage and undertriage among this population, according to a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network…...
Q&A: Strongest Predictors for Pediatric Food Allergy Development
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (420+ words) Derek Chu, MD, Ph D "This systematic review and meta-analysis clarifies the major and minor risk factors associated with developing early-onset food allergy to inform optimal prevention clinical practice, policy, and research," wrote review author Derek Chu, MD, Ph D,…...
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake in Childhood Shows Developmental & Genetic Associations
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (179+ words) Avoidant/restrictive food intake (ARFI) phenotypes are common in childhood and are associated with broad developmental challenges and measurable genetic contributions, according to a large population-based cohort study published in JAMA Pediatrics. ARFI-clinical, defined as ARFI-broad plus at least one…...