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Myositis Guidelines Aim to Standardize Adult and Pediatric Care
All patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) should be screened for swallowing difficulties, according to the first evidence-based guideline to…
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Alabama’s New Transgender Care Felony Faces Federal Test
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A doctor testified Thursday that there will be devastating consequences for transgender adolescents if Alabama outlaws…
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Tattoo Removal Restores Dignity to Sex Trafficking Survivors
SAN DIEGO – At least 1,200 sex trafficking survivors per year in the United States would benefit from pro bono…
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Motherhood Deferred: US Median Age for Giving Birth Hits 30
For Allyson Jacobs, life in her 20s and 30s was about focusing on her career in health care and enjoying…
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CDC Investigating More Than 100 Severe Pediatric Hepatitis Cases
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now investigating 109 cases of unexplained pediatric hepatitis cases in 25…
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Mysterious Hepatitis in Kids: What We Know and Don’t Know Now
At least 228 probable cases of severe hepatitis in children have been reported across 20 countries worldwide, according to the…
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Cases of Hepatitis of Unknown Origin in Children Raise Alarm
This article was originally published in French on Medscape. Europe — After several cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin…
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Parents’ Autoimmune Diseases May Affect Children’s Development
Results of a meta-analysis carried out by a French team indicate that there is a link between a father’s or…
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Some Good News: Oklahoma City Bombing Survivor Becomes MD
Good news can be hard to find, especially in this day and age. A positive story has the power to…
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Unexplained Hepatitis Reported in Nearly 200 Children Worldwide
Nearly 200 cases of unexplained hepatitis have been reported in children globally, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention…
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How Gilead is positioning Veklury against COVID-19 antivirals like Paxlovid
Gilead Sciences Inc. GILD, -0.49% has steadily expanded the use of Veklury while much of the nation’s attention has shifted…
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Gun Violence Now Leading Cause of Death for US Children
Gun violence has become the leading killer of youth in the United States, rising by nearly 30% between 2019 and…
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Is All Type 1 Diabetes the Same?
Evidence is accumulating that for patients with type 1 diabetes who have a family history of it ― defined as…
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Parents Challenge Law Outlawing Treatment of Trans Kids
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Parents of transgender teens filed a lawsuit Tuesday attempting to overturn an Alabama law that makes…
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Routine Childhood Vaccinations Dropped 1% During Pandemic
The vaccination rate among kindergartners fell to around 94% during the 2020-21 school year, a drop of about 1% from…
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Depression Strikes More Than Half of Obese Adolescents
More than 50% of obese adolescents met criteria for depression, which also was associated with several components of metabolic syndrome,…
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Most Pandemic Peds Visits Managed With Telemedicine
Approximately two-thirds of pediatric acute care concerns managed in telemedicine visits required no additional visits or follow-up, based on data…
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Hepatitis Cases in Children in US, Europe Puzzle Investigators
Public health officials from several countries are investigating dozens of cases of severe hepatitis in young children. The source of the…
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Novel Steroid Therapy May Counter Ataxia Telangiectasia
SEATTLE — A novel therapy for ataxia telangiectasia that delivers dexamethasone sodium phosphate (DSP) through autologous red blood cells has shown promise…
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