Immunology
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Bifidobacteria supplementation regulates newborn immune system
A healthy gut microbiome plays the greatest role in immunological development during the first 3 months post partum.
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FDA approves OTC antihistamine nasal spray
Nasal antihistamines “work quickly, whereas the nasal steroids don’t, and I think a lot of people who go to the drugstore looking for allergy...
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Allergic conjunctivitis severely affects children’s quality of life
The quality-of-life scores of children with allergic conjunctivitis were lower than scores in previous studies for children with vision-...
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U.S., international MIS-C studies yield disparate results
The two real-world observational studies were published online in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Back-to-school threat: Missed vaccinations in children, teens
“Health care providers should assess the vaccination status of all pediatric patients, including adolescents, and contact those who are behind...
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Third COVID-19 vaccine dose helped some transplant recipients
All of those with low titers before the third dose had high titers after receiving the extra shot, in case series.
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More evidence links COVID vaccines to rare cases of myocarditis in youth
The side effect seems to be more common in teen boys and young men than in older adults and women.
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New allergy guidelines call for end to food bans in schools
‘Common-sense approaches’ to reduce allergic reaction risk among school-aged children are recommended.
Applied Evidence
A guide to diagnosing and managing ascites in cirrhosis
Combined serum and ascites fluid measurements point to the cause of ascites. For patients with modest edema, a reduced weight-loss target with...
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Most labeled penicillin-allergic are no longer intolerant
Of the 10% of the population whose records say they are allergic to penicillin, 90% can tolerate it now, says an expert.
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Corticosteroid bursts may increase risk of sepsis, GI bleeding in children
Clinicians should save these treatments for when they are needed, doctors suggest.