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Depression strikes more than half of obese adolescents
New study suggests an association between multiple components of metabolic syndrome and depression in obese teens.
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Program successfully boosts pediatric cancer research
In the year prior to RACE implementation, there were no approvals of therapeutics.
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Rapper sings about living with sickle cell disease
A British rapper known as A Star harnesses his firsthand knowledge of sickle cell disease to educate both health care professionals and the public...
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Hospitalists and PCPs crave greater communication
Both types of specialists want there to be more discussion about their patients when they are in the hospital.
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Steroids counter ataxia telangiectasia
Red blood cells infused with dexamethasone sodium phosphate delayed symptom progression and improved survival.
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Hospital factors drive many discharges against medical advice
Shortcomings in the quality of care and other factors beyond patients’ control explain why some leave the hospital early.
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Could AI tool identify type 1 diabetes earlier in childhood?
In the U.K., approximately 25% of children with type 1 diabetes are diagnosed while they are in diabetic ketoacidosis, a figure that has remained...
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More years of ice hockey play tied to higher CTE risk
Each additional year of ice hockey play increased the risk for CTE by 23%.
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Novel medication tied to better quality of life in major depression
Zuranolone represents the second entry in the new class of neuroactive steroid drugs, which modulate GABA-A receptor activity – but the first to...
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Novel drug significantly reduces tics in Tourette syndrome – without side effects
Ecocipam does not lead to weight gain, anxiety, depression, or tardive dyskinesia, compared with placebo – a factor that may lead to better...
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Virtual and in-person pediatric visits get similar family ratings
Satisfaction ratings for both virtual and office visits were consistently higher than 85% across all measured parameters.