Pediatrics
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Rheumatology Match Day results for 2024 follow trends of past years
Adult rheumatology remains popular, but pediatric rheumatology continues to be less successful, filling only 55% of programs.
From the Journals
Study confirms small blood cancer risk from CT scans
New research suggests that radiation exposure from CT scans heightens the risk of blood cancer in people under age 22.
Conference Coverage
AI tool perfect in study of inflammatory diseases
A model that combines machine learning with clinical cues could help clinicians easily differentiate MIS-C from typhus, a new study found.
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Pregnancies with low anti-SSA/Ro autoantibody levels: Forgo fetal heart rhythm monitoring?
The ongoing prospective multicenter trial is the largest of its kind.
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Alpha-gal syndrome: Red meat is ‘just the beginning,’ expert says
“We are seeing increasing diagnoses of AGS in places that are not, perhaps, where we first thought this allergy existed.”
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA OKs first ustekinumab biosimilar
The drug has also been granted an interchangeability designation and has been approved for six indications.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves abatacept for pediatric patients with psoriatic arthritis
As many as 5% of pediatric patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis are estimated to have juvenile PsA.
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How clinicians can prepare for and defend against social media attacks
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3-D stereophotogrammetry helps detect progression of craniofacial morphea
Existing tools that detect disease progression in patients with CM are limited.
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Pediatric psoriasis: Black children, males more likely to have palmoplantar subtype, study finds
Nail involvement occurred in significantly more Black and Hispanic/Latino patients than in White patients.
News from the FDA/CDC
Intravenous formulation of secukinumab gets FDA approval
This new route of administration is expected to become available during the fourth quarter of 2023.