Pediatrics
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Asthma hospitalization in kids linked with doubled migraine incidence
PHILADELPHIA – Data from 11 million U.S. pediatric inpatients showed a doubled rate of migraine diagnoses among kids hospitalized for asthma.
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Mortality is high in pediatric superrefractory status epilepticus
BANGKOK – Fulminant cerebral edema was the leading cause of death.
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Neonatal epileptic syndromes are surprisingly common
BANGKOK – Nearly one in six severe epilepsies of infancy identified in a major study involved one of the neonatal or early infantile syndromes.
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Antiepileptic drug outcomes have remained flat for 3 decades
BANGKOK – “We don’t treat the whale; we treat the spout.” – Dr. Martin J. Brodie
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NIH launches 5-year, $10 million study on acute flaccid myelitis
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will lead the study, which aims to examine the natural history, incidence, and risk factors...
Opinion
Summary: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine position statement on concussion in sport
The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine recommends that student athletes receive specific evaluations.
Conference Coverage
Liberalized low–glycemic-index diet effective for seizure reduction
BANGKOK – A less stringent version of the standard low–glycemic-index diet proved effective in reducing seizure frequency in children and teens...
From the Journals
Exposure to synthetic cannabinoids is associated with neuropsychiatric morbidity in adolescents
Compared with adolescents exposed to cannabis alone, those exposed to synthetic cannabinoids alone had greater risk of CNS depression and seizures...
From the Journals
Obesity tied to relapse in young patients with multiple sclerosis
Weight loss or BMI-based dosing might improve treatment response.
Conference Coverage
Thelarche and menarche are associated with increased prevalence of migraine
PHILADELPHIA – The association suggests that earlier exposure to estrogen might increase the risk of migraine in...
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Maternal migraine is associated with infant colic
PHILADELPHIA – Mothers with migraine are more likely to have babies with colic, a cross-sectional study finds.