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Screening boys and girls for growth parameters may help detect celiac disease early, as well as detect growth disorders in general.
In a recent study, researchers assessed the impact of obstructive sleep apnea on grey matter volume in children aged 7 to 11 years old.
Industry-sponsored studies tend to favor the industry.
Recent research investigated whether a new measurement could assess obesity more accurately than BMI.
In a new study, researchers sought to determine a new measurement for calculating body fat in adolescents.
A previously healthy 11-month-old boy presented to our hospital with a steam burn from a rice cooker on his 4 right fingers and part of the ventral palm.
The researchers retrospectively observed 145 adults who were admitted to a community teaching hospital for asthma exacerbations and analyzed 30-, 60-, and 90-day outcomes.
By Anne HardingNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High blood pressure (BP) often goes unrecognized in girls with Turner syndrome, and is more common in those with obesity or a history of aortic coarctation, according to new research.
A recent meta-analysis investigated the effects of intensive blood pressure (BP) control vs standard BP control on renal outcomes in patients without diabetes who have chronic kidney disease.
Intravenous opioid use can lead to infective endocarditis, which can result in stroke. Researchers evaluated the effect of the opioid epidemic on infection-related stroke hospitalization rates.
It’s August, a time when students are getting ready to return to school. While many of us think of school as a place to learn and socialize, families experiencing food insecurity may see it as a place to eat. Many schools operate year-round to keep kids fed during the summer months. However, school meals will look very different this year due to COVID-19.
The 2013 Primary Care Cardiometabolic Risk Summit kicked off with a keynote address from John E. Anderson, MD.
More than 30% of adults in the United States have hypertension, although more of the cases are uncontrolled than are controlled.
In this podcast, Bisharah Rizvi, MD, and Vijay Balasubramanian, MD, MRCP (UK), talk about their research paper that they presented at CHEST 2021, which examined hospital data to determine the burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension from 2007 to 2017.
<p><span>Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning adolescents who face bullying and other types of abuse have been told in the media, "It gets better," and new research supports that claim.</span></p>
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The FDA approved givinostat, a nonsteroidal oral medication, for treating patients 6 years of age or older with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.