Pediatrics
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Obesity and Cancer: Untangling a Complex Web
Is gaining weight later in life better or worse for cancer risk than being overweight or obese from a young age?
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Parental e-Cigarette Use Linked to Atopic Dermatitis Risk in Children
The prevalence of parental e-cigarette use was 18.0% among individuals with AD, compared with 14.4% among those without AD.
From the Journals
Cortisol Test Confirms HPA Axis Recovery from Steroid Use
A test that measures serum cortisol levels to predict recovery of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients tapering down chronic...
News from the FDA/CDC
Belimumab Autoinjector Approved for Pediatric Lupus
This enables at-home administration of the medication, which was previously available only via intravenous infusion.
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Urine Tests Could Be ‘Enormous Step’ in Diagnosing Cancer
Cancer biomarkers in urine are not nearly as widely studied as those in the blood, but a new wave of urine tests suggests research is gaining pace...
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Transient Symmetric Blanching Macules on a Background of Reticulate Erythema
An 11-year-old girl was referred to the dermatology clinic for evaluation of a rash on the legs and feet of 1 year’s duration. The rash appeared...
Make the Diagnosis
An 8-year-old girl presented with papules on her bilateral eyelid margins
Papules were slightly itchy but otherwise asymptomatic.
Case Letter
Hypopigmented Cutaneous Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in a Hispanic Infant
Dermatologists should be aware of the hypopigmented variant of cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis, which has been reported exclusively in...
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Chatbots Seem More Empathetic Than Docs in Cancer Discussions
AI gives readable, high quality, and empathetic responses to social media queries about cancer.
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Pediatric Dermatologists Beat ChatGPT on Board Questions
Pediatric dermatologists performed significantly better than ChatGPT version 3.5 on multiple-choice and multiple answer questions, but not...
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Global Analysis Identifies Drugs Associated With SJS-TEN in Children
The study provides an update on “the spectrum of drugs potentially associated with SJS-TEN in the pediatric population,” the authors concluded.