COVID Deaths Drop in the Hospitalized; Miracle Mouthwash? New Organ Discovered A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Oct 21, 2020
FDA Warns Against NSAIDs in Pregnancy After 20 Weeks Risk of kidney complications and low amniotic fluids may jeopardize fetus Oct 15, 2020
CDC: Nearly 20% of U.S. Kids Don't Get Breakfast Lack of morning meal in lower-income households shows critical role of school meals, expert says Oct 14, 2020
FDA Panel: All Thumbs Down for Amphetamine Product Meant to Deter Abuse Unanimous vote that risks outweigh benefits Oct 09, 2020
Racial Disparity Seen in Child Abuse Reporting Clinician bias suggested as reason for overdiagnosis in certain groups Oct 05, 2020
Gun Deaths in Young People: A Poverty Thing? Association remains after controlling for state-level gun prevalence Oct 05, 2020
Pilot Study: Widespread Pre-Sports ECG Screening Feasible Report from Florida school district that mandated CV screening for young athletes Oct 04, 2020
Teen's Death Prompts Warning on 'Benadryl Challenge' FDA tries to squelch latest stupid craze Sep 25, 2020
COVID-19 in Health Workers; Stimulating New White Blood Cells: It's TTHealthWatch! This week's topics also include gene expression and COVID infection, and outbreaks in childcare settings Sep 19, 2020 podcast
Flu, COVID-19 or Both? Don't Overlook Co-Infection, CDC Urges With overlapping signs and symptoms, surveillance, testing more important than ever Sep 17, 2020
CDC: Most Kids Dying From Coronavirus Had Underlying Conditions Enormous racial-ethnic disparities revealed as well Sep 15, 2020
New Guidelines Issued on Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain International task force shares recommendations for dosing, administering Sep 13, 2020
Oral Postpartum Depression Drug Reduces Symptoms for New Moms Interestingly, drug flopped in a trial last year for major depressive disorder Sep 11, 2020
Op-Ed: Why Anti-Psychiatry Now Fails and Harms Formerly a healthy corrective, movement now distracts from real problems and actively hurts people Sep 09, 2020
Tackle Football in Childhood: Does Age Matter? Early exposure may not be linked to short-term concussion recovery Sep 09, 2020
Meta-Analysis: ADHD Diagnoses More Prevalent in Black Patients Researchers posit that marginalization, discrimination could influence diagnosis rate Sep 09, 2020
No Autism Risk Connected to H1N1 Flu Vaccine Study reaching far beyond the perinatal period called "rare and welcome contribution" to vaccine safety research Aug 31, 2020
Smoking Gun Found for Virus in MIS-C Heart Damage Case First case report documenting viral particles in the heart in MIS-C Aug 24, 2020
Healthy People 2030: HHS Prioritizes Socioeconomic Disparities, Overall Well-Being New national health goals for the next decade Aug 20, 2020
Ear Stimulation Eases IBS Pain in Teens 59% of users versus 26% of those given sham stimulation experienced a reduction in worst pain Aug 14, 2020
NHANES: A Third of American Children Regularly Eat Fast Food And pandemic might just increase these numbers Aug 14, 2020
Kids Exposed to Cannabis In Utero Face Higher Risk of Autism "Another piece of the puzzle" of how marijuana use affects childhood outcomes Aug 10, 2020
New Insights Into Radiation-Induced Hair Loss Total dose and fraction size matter, minoxidil may spur regrowth Aug 05, 2020
Some Antidepressants Tied to Very Specific Birth Defects Venlafaxine associated with highest number of defects, but further research is needed Aug 05, 2020
COVID-19: Kids' Noses May Carry More Virus Than Adults' But whether they spread disease is another question Jul 30, 2020
No Evidence That Doctor Group in Viral Video Got Near COVID 'Front Lines' Who are the physicians behind America's Frontline Doctors? Jul 29, 2020
IUDs are Safe, Effective at Managing Periods in Youth With Disabilities The largest study of device use in young women with special needs may remove barriers to access, author says Jul 23, 2020
Psoriasis Cream Succeeds in Early Trial PDE-4 inhibitor helped clear plaque psoriasis in 6 weeks Jul 15, 2020
When Do Sex Differences in Testosterone Levels Appear? Study used NHANES data to calculate trajectories over ages 6 to 20 Jul 07, 2020
Risk of Cerebral Palsy for IVF Babies Cut in Half in the Last Two Decades But risk among IVF twins remained stable, researchers found Jul 07, 2020
Sleep Troubles in Infancy Tied to Later BPD, Psychosis Could altered circadian rhythm explain the association? Jul 01, 2020
Apgar Score Offers Prognostic Info for Neonatal Survival Study challenges idea that scoring is of limited use in preterm infants Jul 01, 2020
Gay-Straight Alliances at School Cut Bullying for LGBTQ Youth Even bullying based on targets' weight or religion was reduced Jun 15, 2020
GI Issues in Kids With COVID-19 MIS-C May Muddy Diagnosis Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome symptoms could mimic less toxic GI infections, IBD Jun 09, 2020
Are Antenatal Steroids Tied to Higher Rates of Mental and Behavioral Disorders in Kids? Finnish study results suggest need to reconsider current guidelines Jun 08, 2020
Are Black Kids More Likely to Get Kawasaki-Like Syndrome? Findings from Paris suggest excess risk for COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome Jun 03, 2020
Bullying Preceded Many LGBTQ Youth Suicides Shocking prevalence of victimization among younger teens who killed themselves May 26, 2020
Miscarriage: Predictive of Type 2 Diabetes? Whether such a link is due to underlying metabolic conditions, however, is still to be determined May 21, 2020
Mom's Oral Fluconazole Linked to Bone and Muscle Defects in Baby Contrary to previous findings, no risk for heart defects or oral clefts May 21, 2020
In Utero Steroids Tied to Childhood Mental Disorders Findings may help inform choices about mom's treatment during pregnancy May 19, 2020
