Pediatrics
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High rate of mental health problems in transgender children
“Clinicians providing general health care to transgender children should keep this vulnerability in mind and proactively address any mental health...
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Avoiding harm in the diagnosis and treatment of food allergies
“Telling someone to adopt a restricted diet is not a benign recommendation,” according to Dr. David R. Stukus.
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Single dose of HPV vaccine is ‘game changer,’ says WHO
“These recommendations will enable more girls and women to be vaccinated and thus preventing them from having cervical cancer and all its...
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What are your treatment options when isotretinoin fails?
If the patient’s acne is worsening with a cystic flare, “tripling the dose of isotretinoin is not something that you should do.”
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Children and COVID: Many parents see vaccine as the greater risk
Weekly cases may be on the rise again as the cumulative count reaches another milestone.
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Science lags behind for kids with long COVID
“Right now, it’s a rehabilitation-based approach focused on improving symptoms and functioning so that kids can go back to their usual activities...
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Cue new mothers: Breastfeed infants – but for how long?
The controversial question has cropped up again after the nation’s leading pediatrics group has issued new recommendations calling for women to...
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Heart health poor for many U.S. children
“These youngsters will inevitably encounter the effect of these conditions – coronary artery disease and stroke – at a much earlier adult age.”
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Clinical characteristics of recurrent RIME elucidated in chart review
Psychiatric complications such as anxiety and depression followed the onset of RIME in 33% of those with recurrent disease and 22% of those with...
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COVID-19 infection late in pregnancy linked to sevenfold risk of preterm birth
The later in pregnancy COVID-19 infection occurs, the more likely preterm birth appears to be.