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Few Childhood Cancer Survivors Get Recommended Screenings
‘As many as four out of five of these survivors will develop a serious or life-threatening late effect of their cancer therapy by age 45,’ the...
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PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum (PROS): 5 Things to Know
Comprehensive and regular monitoring is essential to address the diverse and evolving clinical manifestations of PROS.
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Measles Control So Far in 2024: ‘Not Off to a Great Start’
The recent rise in cases across the U.S. is linked to unvaccinated travelers, lower than ideal vaccination rates, and misinformation.
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Benzene Detected in Benzoyl Peroxide Products: Debate On Implications Continues
“This is a problem of degradation, not contamination,” according to David Light, CEO and founder of Valisure.
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Getting Reluctant Patients to ‘Yes’ on COVID Vaccination
Be patient, acknowledge concerns, appeal to hearts not minds, and make it personal.
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Is Melatonin a Valuable Resource or Children’s Health Risk?
Melatonin supplements are unregulated and use in children could carry risks of unintentional dosing and creating poor sleep habits.
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Childhood Adversity Robustly Linked to Adult Mental Illness
Each additional adverse event placed children at a 52% greater risk for a psychiatric disorder as an adult, with sexual abuse associated with the...
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Systematic Viral Testing in Emergency Departments Has Limited Benefit for General Population
Rapid viral testing wasn’t associated with reduced antibiotic use, ED length of stay, or rates of ED return visits or hospitalization.
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AI May Help Docs Reply to Patients’ Portal Messages
A small quality-improvement study found physicians’ burden was lessened but time spent was the same.
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Proposed Bill Could End Student Aid for US Med Schools With DEI Programs
A proposed bill would disallow medical schools using ethnicity, sex, or race in admissions from funding or student loan plans.
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Study Links Maternal Hidradenitis Suppurativa to Risk for Childhood Morbidity
The study population included 1283 children whose mothers had HS and 1,274,310 unexposed children.