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Combined glucocorticoid steroids and statin therapy may be safer for the treatment of preterm birth

Potentially life-saving steroids commonly given to preterm babies also increase the risk of long-term cardiovascular problems, but a new study in rats has found that if given in conjunction with statins, their positive effects remain while the potential negative side-effects are 'weeded out'.

2 Feb 2023

Where does COVID-19 rank as an underlying cause of death for children and young people in the US?

A study published in JAMA Network Open ranks COVID-19 in 8th position among all causes of death in children and young adults aged 0 to 19 years in the United States.

2 Feb 2023

Integrated model helps enhance patient care for pediatric brain tumors

The Brain Tumor Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles is one of the largest and most comprehensive pediatric brain tumor programs in the country, integrating experts from multiple specialty areas into a coordinated treatment team.

2 Feb 2023

Positive cannabis messages through social media posts connected to teens' intentions to use

Despite laws against advertising cannabis to teens, young people reported in surveys that they still see a lot of positive cannabis messages through social media posts.

1 Feb 2023

Brain injuries greatly reduced in infants with congenital heart disease

Recent advances in newborn heart surgery have greatly reduced brain injuries in infants with congenital heart disease, according to a 20-year study by scientists at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals and British Columbia Children's Hospital (BCCH).

1 Feb 2023

Study: COVID-19 is a significant cause of death in children and young people in the U.S.

COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death for more than 940,000 people in the US, including over 1,300 deaths among children and young people aged 0–19 years.

30 Jan 2023

OMA applauds American Academy of Pediatrics' new guidelines for childhood obesity

The Obesity Medicine Association, the clinical and educational leader in the care of patients with obesity, applauds the American Academy of Pediatrics' first comprehensive Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity released this month.

30 Jan 2023

Study evaluates SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody response in human milk

In a recent study published in the journal Communications Biology, researchers investigated the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine booster on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-specific antibodies in the milk of lactating women. Additionally, they explored whether the booster-induced antibody response differed from the homologous and heterologous boosting schedule of their primary vaccination.

29 Jan 2023

International guidelines to help prevent and treat heart complications in pediatric oncology patients

The world's first international clinical guidelines to help prevent and treat heart complications in children undergoing cancer treatment have been created.

29 Jan 2023

Children's tonsils are major sites of prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection

A recent study evaluates the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in children’s tonsils during the COVID-19 pandemic.

29 Jan 2023

Pregnancy has no effect on long-term immune response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination

The immunologic milieu of pregnancy has no effect on the durability of the anti-S IgG response to COVID-19 vaccination

29 Jan 2023

$2 million grant to help identify and avert threats for students in rural Missouri schools

As school safety remains a critical issue for students, teachers and families, researchers at the University of Missouri are using a $2 million grant from the Department of Justice to help identify and avert threats students or others may make on school grounds involving potential harm to themselves or others.

27 Jan 2023

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Combined glucocorticoid steroids and statin therapy may be safer for the treatment of preterm birth

Where does COVID-19 rank as an underlying cause of death for children and young people in the US?

Integrated model helps enhance patient care for pediatric brain tumors

Positive cannabis messages through social media posts connected to teens' intentions to use

Brain injuries greatly reduced in infants with congenital heart disease

Study: COVID-19 is a significant cause of death in children and young people in the U.S.

OMA applauds American Academy of Pediatrics' new guidelines for childhood obesity

Study evaluates SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody response in human milk

International guidelines to help prevent and treat heart complications in pediatric oncology patients

Children's tonsils are major sites of prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection

Pregnancy has no effect on long-term immune response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination

$2 million grant to help identify and avert threats for students in rural Missouri schools

Is there an association between parental education level and the risk of malnutrition among children?

Research offers hope for patients affected by rare, hereditary metabolic disease

Children’s immune systems do not develop ‘adaptive’ memory to protect against second time SARS-CoV-2 infection

New collection of month-specific infant brain atlas captures fine details of the early developing brain

Researchers solve an 80-year-old medical mystery that causes kidney damage in children

Research evaluates neonatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by maternal obesity

Updated bivalent mRNA booster protects against circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants

Prenatal pollution exposure may negatively impact neurodevelopment in child's early life

Reducing polypharmacy through innovative drug formulation technologies

How innovation in dried blood spot testing is transforming neurological disease monitoring

Unlocking live single-cell functional insights

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