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A natural history study that utilized the Pediatric Quality of Life assessment showed that patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy reported the lowest scores in brain health, including emotional health and school performance.

Researchers have identified biomarkers, alongside clinical risk factors, that may provide better cancer risk assessment and identify individuals who should be screened.

Previously thought to be age-dependent, retinopathy affects a full third of children with sickle cell disease, a new study found.

The prevalence of elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol has declined recently, but millions of Americans still have levels for which treatment is recommended or should be considered and many remain untreated.

A quality improvement project using mobile diabetic retinopathy screening units for people with type 2 diabetes significantly raised screening rates and improved patient knowledge.

Subcutaneous efgartigimod PH20 SC is effective and tolerable for the treatment of CIDP, providing a convenient alternative to intravenous and other older treatments.

Access to care for the highly preventable disease is thought to be behind why Black Americans are 20% more likely to receive a colorectal cancer diagnosis than any other racial or ethnic group.

Transgender and other gender-diverse youth who visited the emergency department at a single institution had more than five times greater odds of a positive suicide screening.

Children were twice as likely to have three adverse experiences by age 5 if their father had postpartum depression.

Two noninvasive tests in development, one measuring RNA and the other DNA, show high sensitivity for detection of colorectal cancer.