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Recognizing, addressing giftedness can be challenging
SAN FRANCISCO – Gifted children are far too commonly misunderstood, mislabeled, and misdiagnosed, leading to a mismatch between their needs and...
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Cystic fibrosis–related diabetes requires unique treatment
SAN DIEGO – Medical advances have boosted life expectancy dramatically for people with cystic fibrosis, allowing some to survive into middle age....
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The eyelids have it: bug bites 101
NEWPORT BEACH, CA. – Bed bugs rise when night falls. Drawn by the carbon dioxide of sleeping humans, they gather to feast, leaving bites galore....
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Pediatric psoriasis linked to multiple psychiatric comorbidities
VIENNA – The high level of emotional distress that can be caused by psoriasis is reflected in significantly increased risks for depression, eating...
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Adjustment for fluid balance improved detection of AKI in critically ill children
CHICAGO – Adjustment for fluid balance increased the detection rate of acute kidney injury, more accurately staged the kidney damage, and...
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Distinguishing early puberty from pathology
Dr. Dennis Styne explains how to distinguish early puberty from pathology.
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Confront youth opioid misuse head on
Clinicians treating children should seek out and advocate for resources needed to treat opioid addiction.
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VIDEO: TNF inhibitors don’t boost cancer risk in JIA
WASHINGTON – Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors don't appear to confer any additional cancer risk upon children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis...
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VIDEO: Biologics: Proposed guideline addresses perioperative management
Biologic agents should be stopped prior to elective total knee or hip arthroplasty in patients with rheumatic diseases, according to a draft...
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SelG1 cut pain crises in sickle cell disease
The humanized antibody SelG1 decreased the frequency of acute pain episodes in people with sickle cell disease, based on results from the...
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Challenges of influenza, measles, pertussis guide outbreak management
Recent U.S. outbreaks of pertussis, influenza, and measles have revealed epidemiologic shifts that pose new prevention and management challenges...