Pediatrics
From the Journals
Heart health in pregnancy tied to CV risk in adolescent offspring
Moms with poor cardiovascular health during pregnancy have children with more risk factors in early adolescence. The association is not causation...
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Steroid and immunoglobulin standard of care for MIS-C
The combination treatment failed in only 9% of cases while immunoglobulins alone failed in 38% of cases.
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Teenagers get in the queue for COVID-19 vaccines
Several drug companies are planning to begin trials in children and adolescents.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA alert confirms heart and cancer risks with tofacitinib (Xeljanz)
Completed safety clinical trial shows occurrence of heart-related events and cancer in RA patients taking the Janus kinase inhibitor is higher...
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Tofacitinib for RA misses the mark in safety study
Pfizer announced primary outcome results for major adverse cardiovascular events and cancers in postmarketing ORAL Surveillance study.
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New dietary guidelines omit recommended cuts to sugar, alcohol intake
The guidelines omit a recommendation from the advisory committee’s ...
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Infant’s COVID-19–related myocardial injury reversed
Children hospitalized for COVID-19 should be tested for heart failure based on a case report of an infant with COVID-19 and reversible myocardial...
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Obesity, hypoxia predict severity in children with COVID-19
Race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status were not significant predictors of serious illness.
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Metformin improves most outcomes for T2D during pregnancy
But the drug was associated with an increased risk of small-for-gestational-age babies.
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COVID-19 cases in children continue to set records
More than 1.18 million U.S. children have been infected by the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.
From the Journals
Experts disagree with USPSTF’s take on pediatric blood pressure screening