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Environmental stressors play major role in pediatric migraines
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Studies highlight benefits and risks of ketogenic diet for refractory epilepsy
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Make the most of nonopioids: Managing acute pain in children
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CAR-T cells drive ALL into remission
Major finding: Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T cells induced complete responses in 10 of 16 children and young adults with relapsed/...
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Politics, prejudice, inconsistent policies wreak havoc with obesity treatment costs
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Online symptom checker, digital answering service add practice value
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Sickle cell crises curtailed with experimental cellular adhesion inhibitor
Major finding: The mean time to resolution of vaso-occlusive crisis in patients with sickle cell disease was 103 hours for patients treated with...
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Gene therapy for SCID-X1 may successfully reset immune system
Major finding: Of nine boys with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency who were treated with gene therapy, seven patients have evidence of T-...
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Resurrected gemtuzumab shows benefit against pediatric AML
Major finding: Three-year event-free survival rates were 53% for children and young adults treated with gemtuzumab ozogamicin added to a standard...
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Early skin-to-skin contact promotes breastfeeding, benefits baby
Major finding: Early skin-to-skin contact was significantly associated with exclusive breastfeeding (odds ratio, 3.7).Data source: A retrospective...
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No differences are seen in concussion risk, severity, by helmet brand
Major finding: Sport-related concussion incidence rates were 9.5, 8.1, and 6.7 for the Riddell, Schutt, and Xenith helmets, respectively.