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Hypertension in children linked to lower neurocognitive performance
Children with primary hypertension demonstrated significantly lower performance on neurocognitive testing, compared with children without primary...
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Calcium channel blocker reduces cardiac iron loading in thalassemia major
Amlodipine is a promising addition to chelation in patients with cardiac siderosis.
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Strongly recommend HPV vaccine to increase uptake
To convince parents to get their kids vaccinated against HPV, tell them “I strongly believe in the importance of this cancer-preventing vaccine...
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Lessons from largest measles outbreak in 20 years
The largest measles outbreak in the U.S. in more than 2 decades could have been better controlled if clinicians had recognized the index cases...
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Most children with JIA get different diagnosis as adults
Two-thirds of children diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis are classified later as having a different form of arthritis as adults, with...
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NIH workshop yields youth suicide prevention road map
The National Institutes of Health has released a 10-year road map for optimizing youth suicide prevention efforts.
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Congenital Zika syndrome includes range of neurologic abnormalities
Researchers have proposed the term ‘congenital Zika syndrome’ to cover the range of severe damage and developmental abnormalities – including...
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Complementary medicine impedes children’s flu vaccination
Children treated with complementary and alternative medicine therapies were significantly less likely to receive the annual influenza vaccine than...
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Practice pathway addresses problem behaviors for children with ASD
A 10-step practice pathway helps primary care providers address irritability and problem behavior in children with ASD.
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Six-year Norwood-RVPA results in matched patients outperformed BT-shunt
Key clinical point: For newborns with critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) undergoing Norwood stage-1 procedures, Norwood...
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3-D–printed devices mitigate pediatric tracheobronchomalacia
Three infants are thriving after artificial 3-D–printed airways were used. Immediate and continued life-sustaining improvement was seen in three...