A great need for better pain treatment After an appendectomy, a quarter (24.8%) of all children wanted a stronger pain treatment in the first 24…
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Study reveals reason behind high risk of leukemia in children with Down syndrome
Children with Down syndrome are 20-times more likely to develop acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and 150-times more likely to develop acute myeloid leukemia (AML) compared…
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Study shows developmental trajectory of gut microbiota in cesarean-born babies
Infants born by cesarean section have a relatively meager array of bacteria in the gut. But by the age of three to five years they…
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So You’re Vaccinated Against COVID. Now What?
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. As you surely know, this country’s covid vaccination effort has been…
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UVA researcher developing innovative gene therapy to help children with Rett syndrome
A University of Virginia School of Medicine scientist is developing an innovative gene therapy she hopes will slow disease progression and improve movement, coordination and…
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Risdiplam Promising for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Infants with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) showed promising signs, including an increased expression of functional survival motor neuron (SMN) protein in the blood,…
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Is Pediatric Subspecialty Training Financially Worth It?
Pursuing fellowship training is often financially costly in terms of lifetime earnings compared with starting a career as a general pediatrician immediately after residency, a…
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Combination of therapies may benefit patients with mitochondrial respiratory chain disorders
Researchers from the Mitochondrial Medicine Frontier Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have demonstrated how one combination of therapies may be beneficial for patients…
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Rare Disease Day 2021: Raising awareness of childhood dementia
In the lead-up to Rare Diseases Day – on Sunday February 28 – Associate Professor Kim Hemsley’s studies into childhood dementia are helping to unlock…
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Cardi B Let Kulture Do Her Makeup, and It's an Abstract Masterpiece
It was only Tuesday that Cardi B was giving trolls a piece of her mind for trying to making her feel bad about her makeup-free…
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