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Many cases of life-threatening sepsis could be recognized and treated long before they cause severe illness or death

CDC Urges Prevention, Early Recognition of Sepsis

Know the signs of extreme response to infection; consider it a medical emergency
A quick genetic test might one day help doctors determine within hours whether an infant's fever is from a virus or a serious bacterial infection

Genetics May Help Identify Infection in Febrile Infants

Goal is to distinguish between bacterial, viral illness, researchers say
Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing in the United States due in large part to government regulations

Steep Rise in U.S. Drug Prices Tied to Patent Monopolies

Letting Medicare and Medicaid negotiate pricing would likely help bring costs down, researchers say
Children and adolescents who suffer even mild traumatic brain injury are more likely to have serious issues later on

Even Mild TBI in Childhood Can Have Long-Term Adverse Effects

Early head trauma linked to psychiatric, financial issues as adults, researchers find
Repeated treatments with antibiotics have been linked to the development of type 1 diabetes in mice

Repeated Antibiotic Use in Children May Contribute to T1DM

Findings in mice; whether link applies to humans isn't clear
Children and teens should consume no more than 6 teaspoons of added sugars a day

Children Shouldn’t Consume More Than 6 Tsp of Added Sugars a Day

New guidelines aim to help improve children's overall diet, health
An updated Committee Opinion urges providers of assisted reproductive technology to do everything possible to reduce the likelihood of a multifetal pregnancy. The report is published in the September issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Success, Safety Up for ART With Elective Single Embryo Transfer

Risks are much higher in multifetal gestations, but are also seen for singletons achieved with ART
For patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection

Donor Fecal Microbiota Transplant Effective for C. difficile Infection

Donor stool safe, more efficacious than autologous transplantation in preventing C. difficile
Even though most new mothers in the United States begin breastfeeding their infants at birth

CDC: Breastfeeding Rates on the Rise in the United States

However, many mothers stop earlier than recommended
High-tech imaging is revealing a wide variety of brain defects

Imaging Shows Zika-Linked Congenital Brain Abnormalities

Images of the brains of Brazilian newborns and fetuses suggest the virus affects multiple sites