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Expanding access to split liver transplants and adopting a “split first” policy on donor livers will significantly reduce mortality on the pediatric waitlist, noted a presenter at the American Transplant Congress 2022. “This is not data that we want to see: There is significant mortality on the pediatric waitlist in the United States,” Srinath Chinnakotla, MD, professor of

An FDA advisory committee on Tuesday unanimously backed Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines for children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years.

Texas Children’s Hospital was named the top hospital for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery in the 2022 to 2023 rankings by U.S. News & World Report for the sixth consecutive year. Boston Children’s Hospital, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, MUSC Children’s Heart Network of South Carolina and New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell rounded out

Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disorders who show evidence of illness-related uncertainty also tend to experience depression, anxiety and increased sickness impact, according to data published in the Journal of Rheumatology.

Those diagnosed with dementia faced a greater risk for COVID-19 breakthrough infections and hospitalizations than those without, according to a study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia. “An estimated 5.8 million Americans 65 years of age or older and 50 million people worldwide are living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias,” Lindsey Wang, of the Center for

Older, fit patients with acute myeloid leukemia who received decitabine had transplant and survival rates comparable to those treated with induction chemotherapy but with fewer toxicities, according to results of a randomized phase 3 study.“Ten-day decitabine provides a better-tolerated alternative to aggressive chemotherapy in older, fit patients with AML,” Michael Lübbert, MD, of

Digital health company EarliTec Diagnostics Inc. announced it has received FDA clearance for its evaluation tool to diagnose autism spectrum disorder in children aged 16 to 30 months. According to a press release from EarliTec, EarliPoint Evaluation was granted clearance based on positive results from two studies, a clinical trial as well as a repeatability and reproducibility study, in which

Obesity appeared associated with improved immunotherapy outcomes among patients with certain cancer types, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open. “The benefits of obesity in patients treated with immune checkpoint blockade and the underlying mechanisms are being examined, but the scale and spectrum of benefit across cancer types is unknown,” Timothy A. Chan, MD,

Although the Mediterranean diet has demonstrated health benefits, there is confusion on the internet about what exactly it entails, researchers reported during the virtual meeting of the American Society of Nutrition. Margaret Raber, MPH, DrPH, an assistant professor of pediatrics-nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine, and colleagues analyzed the content of the first 200 TikTok videos

Severe exacerbations that occur early in the course of asthma impacted the course of the disease and risk for subsequent exacerbations in children and adults, researchers reported in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.“This study identified substantial variability in severe exacerbation rates in both pediatric and adult patients with asthma with a history of severe asthma