Semaglutide Reduces BMI Category for Adolescents With Obesity
Improvement of one or more BMI category seen for majority of participants receiving semaglutide.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage in 2023
The overwhelming majority of people who have lost coverage in most states were dropped because of technicalities, not because state officials determined they no longer meet Medicaid income limits.
Recent 2023 FDA Approvals
Recent FDA approvals include treatments for chronic migraine, type 1 diabetes, blood cancers, tardive dyskinesia and chorea associated with Huntington disease, vasomotor symptoms of menopause, pain and fever, and Fabry disease.
Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Has Variable Presentation
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goals achieved by a minority of adults and children despite multiple lipid-lowering treatments.
ADHD in Teenagers: Age of Stimulant Medication Initiation, Duration May Impact Drug Misuse
Investigators assessed the impact of age at initiation of prescription stimulant medication and duration of stimulant therapy in adolescents with ADHD on rates of misuse of prescription stimulants, methamphetamine, or cocaine.
Unusual Food Allergy in Children: Signs of Non-IgE-Mediated Reactions
Non-IgE-mediated food allergies are on the rise in children and do not always present with an immediate, anaphylaxis-type reaction
Proportion of Pediatric Mental Health-Related ED Visits Increasing
Researchers saw that from 2011 to 2020 there was an increase in all mental health-related visits, with greatest increase seen for suicide-related visits.
In Survey, Half of US Parents Believe Social Media Is Harming Their Children
The finding highlights growing concerns about how these platforms affect children’s and adolescents’ well-being.
Residential Segregation Tied to Worse Type 1 Diabetes Outcomes in Black Youth
Findings persist even after controlling for adverse neighborhood conditions.
Early Bronchiolitis, With and Without RSV, Linked to Risk for Pediatric Asthma
Researchers analyzed associations between the severity and etiology of bronchiolitis in the first 2 years of life and subsequent pediatric asthma/recurrent wheezing.
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