January 16, 2025

Vertigo, Emesis, Auditory Impairment: What's Your Diagnosis?

A patient presents with sudden-onset right-sided otalgia accompanied by vertigo, emesis, and auditory impairment. Your otoscope reveals an unexpected finding. What's your diagnosis?

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January 16, 2025

Nationwide Increase in Childhood Vaccine Exemptions

“The religious exemption is huge. That has allowed for an easy way for these kids to enter schools without vaccines.”

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January 16, 2025

EHR Systems Boost Depression Screening in cSLE

Discover how automated EHR-driven systems significantly improved depression screening rates for youth with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus in a pediatric rheumatology clinic.

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January 16, 2025

New XLH Guidelines Shift Primary Therapy to Burosumab

"Burosumab treatment normalized ALP serum levels in about 80% of both pediatric and adolescent cohorts, suggesting a substantial improvement of rickets in these patients," report authors of comprehensive new evidence-based recommendations for X-linked hypophosphatemia management.

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January 16, 2025

Bone Density Risks in Cancer Survivors

Discover how cancer treatments, lifestyle factors, and comorbidities contribute to long-term bone mineral density deficits in childhood cancer survivors.

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January 15, 2025

Bertagnolli to Exit NIH Director Role

NIH director, Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, is stepping down after launching major initiatives in women's health and long COVID research, indicating optimism for their continuation under new leadership.

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January 15, 2025

Waist Circumference Predicts Pediatric Steatotic Liver

This study explores the role of waist circumference, body mass index, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in pediatric steatotic liver disease, identifying waist circumference as a significant non-invasive screening tool.

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January 15, 2025

Trametinib Reduces Surgery, Mortality in Pediatric RAS-HCM

MEK inhibitors significantly lower mortality and surgical needs in children with RASopathy-associated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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January 13, 2025

Vitiligo Treatment: ASCS vs. NB-UVB

Autologous skin cell suspension therapy demonstrates effective and durable repigmentation for stable vitiligo, showing higher repigmentation rates compared to narrow-band ultraviolet B therapy alone.

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