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Night Pediatric Curriculum Emerges Amid Restricted Residency Hours
Major Finding: Residents responding to confidential online pre- and postcurriculum surveys believed that a pediatric nighttime curriculum...
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Experimental Peptide Preserves Beta-Cells in Type 1 Diabetes
Major Finding: There was significant preservation of C-peptide levels, compared with placebo, with a relative change of 23% (P = .037) for all the...
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Cognitive Impairment Seen in Childhood CNS Vasculitis
Major Finding: Thirty-five percent of patients with childhood primary angiitis of the CNS had significantly impaired cognitive functioning when...
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Endocrine Society Redefines Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
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Surgery for Pediatric Pleural Effusions No Better Than Conservative Treatment
Major Finding: Hospital stays are thousands of dollars less expensive and may be shorter when pediatric pleural effusions were treated...
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Ear Lesion Marks Atopic Disease Severity
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Low-Risk Kids With Asthma Don't Need Daily ICS
Major Finding: Over 44 weeks, almost 30% of boys but only 15% of girls with mild, persistent asthma had more than two exacerbations requiring oral...
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Cool, Dry Weather Boosts Eczema Risk
Major Finding: Children living in areas of the country in the top tertiles for mean annual outdoor temperature and highest relative humidity were...
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Closed-Loop Insulin Boosts Overnight Control in Young Children
Major Finding: The closed-loop system significantly reduced the time spent with blood glucose levels above 300 mg/dL (0.18 vs. 1.3 hours) and the...
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Obesity in Pregnancy Linked to Offspring's Language Scores
Major Finding: At age 2 years, children whose mothers were obese during the second trimester averaged a 12.6-point lower score on the language...
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Check Vitamin D in Adolescents Before Bariatric Surgery
Major Finding: Fifty-four percent of obese adolescents being evaluated for bariatric surgery had vitamin D deficiency, including 8% with a severe...