Clinicians lack awareness of Usher syndrome's vestibular impacts and key aspects of care, highlighting the need for targeted education. “As Usher syndrome involves significant impairments in vision, hearing and, in some cases, vestibular function,...
The following is a summary of "Clinical Utility of Ileal Motility in Children With Defecation Disorders and Children With Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction," published in the September 2023 issue of Pediatrics by Colliard, et al. Ileal motility patterns in...
The following is a summary of "Lung dopaminergic nerves facilitate the establishment of TH2 resident memory cells in early life," published in the AUGUST 2023 issue of Allergy & Immunology by Wang, et al. Allergic asthma is a condition that originates from...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children with atopic dermatitis (AD) are more likely to have positive patch test (PPT) reactions, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.Hadley Johnson, from the...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Young Black patients with type 1 diabetes have clinically relevant higher average hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) at any given level of mean blood glucose level than White patients, according to a study published online Sept. 12 in...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most adolescent electronic cigarette users do not use cessation resources in their attempts to quit, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in Pediatrics.Hongying Daisy Dai, Ph.D., from the University of Nebraska...
The following is a summary of "Clinical Utility of Ileal Motility in Children With Defecation Disorders and Children With Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction," published in the September 2023 issue of Pediatrics by Colliard, et al. Ileal motility patterns in...
The following is a summary of "Lung dopaminergic nerves facilitate the establishment of TH2 resident memory cells in early life," published in the AUGUST 2023 issue of Allergy & Immunology by Wang, et al. Allergic asthma is a condition that originates from...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children with atopic dermatitis (AD) are more likely to have positive patch test (PPT) reactions, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.Hadley Johnson, from the...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Young Black patients with type 1 diabetes have clinically relevant higher average hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) at any given level of mean blood glucose level than White patients, according to a study published online Sept. 12 in...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most adolescent electronic cigarette users do not use cessation resources in their attempts to quit, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in Pediatrics.Hongying Daisy Dai, Ph.D., from the University of Nebraska...
Determinants of obesity and diabetes are strongly linked to genetic and epigenetic variations. With the increasing prevalence of diabetes and obesity, it is imperative to understand the various factors that influence metabolic function in the body, neural pathways,...
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and would appeal most to readers who enjoy the inexorable pull of a story arc...
Any discussion with doctors about avoiding liability for malpractice is hampered from the start because “negligence” is a very charged term. It conjures up images of a slipshod and blundering individual and so doctors understandably immediately become resistant....
Continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) is used in the pediatric ICU (PICU) to support critically ill children who have acute kidney injury (AKI), fluid overload, and metabolic derangements.
"You can download an app for your phone that shows how many miles you didn't walk today."
"The handle of your recliner does not qualify as an exercise machine."
"You went camping and a bear mistook your blood for honey. Would you mind if I order a diabetes test for you?"
Medical crowdfunding is touted for its potential to reach an unlimited number of people, the sum of whose individual donations can help achieve campaign goals for even the most daunting financial asks, such as $2.1 million to cover the cost of Zolgensma. For...
To curb inflation and turbulent markets, the US Federal Reserve has marked 2023 with rising interest rates. This economic climate has many financial experts apprehensive about a possible recession. According to Bankrate’s Fourth-Quarter Economic Indicator poll of...
A Medscape article reported on a 2023 JAMA Neurology study in that found medical crowdfunding, the practice of creating digital campaigns to raise money for health-related expenses, for neurologic disorders surged within 9 years at a yearly average rate of 44%. Of...
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