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An algorithm that can classify patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis into seven distinct groups based on patterns of swollen or painful joints in the body can help predict disease course

Patterns of Joint Behavior Useful for Juvenile Arthritis Classification

Machine learning algorithm finds nonlocalized joint involvement increases risk for poor outcomes
The risk for sudden unexpected infant death is increased with any maternal smoking during pregnancy

Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Up With Maternal Smoking

Assuming causality, 22 percent of SUIDs directly attributed to maternal smoking during pregnancy
Urban children with asthma

Children With Poorly Controlled Asthma Suffer Academically

Latino and black children have poorer academic outcomes than non-Latino whites
It looks like the flu season has peaked in the United States

CDC: Flu Season May Have Peaked

Milder strain of flu has been most common cause of cases this flu season
Treatment with dasotraline (4 mg/day) significantly improves attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children aged 6 to 12 years

Dasotraline Promising for the Treatment of ADHD in Children

Once-daily dosing tolerable, may lessen side effects

American Academy of Dermatology, March 1-5

The American Academy of Dermatology The annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology was held from March 1 to 5 in Washington,...
Ten confirmed cases of mumps

Mumps Outbreak Reported at Temple University

CDC says more than 2,000 cases of mumps in U.S. last year, 58 cases reported in January of this year
Children from lower-income households are more likely to report recent childhood gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses but are less likely to miss any school days

CDC: GI, Respiratory Illnesses More Likely in Low-Income Children

But likelihood of missing any school days during the previous year decreased with reduced income
Conception within 12 months of a stillbirth is common and is not associated with an increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes

No Increased Risk Seen for Pregnancies Conceived Within Year of Stillbirth

Conception within 12 months of stillbirth common, not linked to increased risk for adverse outcomes
There is considerable underdiagnosis of childhood cancer

Childhood Cancer Considerably Underdiagnosed Worldwide

Numbers of undiagnosed cases varied from 3 percent in western Europe to 57 percent in western Africa