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Genetic Factors Influence Subsequent Cancer Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Examination of joint links between polygenic risk scores and radiotherapy show more than additive increases in risk for some cancers

Inflammatory-Related Perinatal Factors Tied to Later Childhood Dysregulation

Perinatal factors associated with Child Behavior Checklist emotional, cognitive, and behavioral dysregulation

Early Clean Intermittent Catheterization Recommended With Neurogenic Bladder

High-grade vesicoureteral reflux is crucial risk factor for recurrent febrile urinary tract infections in children

Morbidity Risk Increased for Children Exposed to Maternal PCOS

Risk increased for any childhood hospitalization, infectious disease hospitalization, allergy-related hospitalization

Among children who are hospitalized

Hospital Outcomes Worse for Children With Chronic Kidney Disease

Length of stay, costs, mortality risk greater than for children hospitalized with other chronic illnesses
Treatment disparities may explain worse outcomes for pediatric black and Hispanic brain cancer patients

Pediatric Brain Cancer Outcomes Worse for Black, Hispanic Patients

Disparities for disease severity not seen at diagnosis, meaning postdiagnosis factors may affect outcome
Maternal depression in the postpartum period and beyond is associated with higher odds of atopic dermatitis for the child throughout childhood and adolescence

Maternal Depression Tied to Atopic Dermatitis in Offspring

Association shows increased rate, more persistence, and potentially more severe symptoms
Non-Hispanic black and Hispanic children are less likely than non-Hispanic white children to receive antibiotics for viral acute respiratory tract infection in the pediatric emergency department

Racial Variation in Antibiotic Prescribing for Viral ARTI

Non-Hispanic black, Hispanic children less likely than non-Hispanic white children to receive antibiotics
Lower levels of circulating myeloid dendritic cell subtype 2 in children who live on farms may contribute to a protective effect against asthma

Farm-Related Immunoregulation Tied to Dendritic Cell Subset

Lower levels of circulating myeloid dendritic cell subtype 2 in children who live on farms
Young children are at increased risk of becoming seriously ill with pneumonia -- but unlike in years past

Incidence of Viral Pneumonia Up in Young Children

66 percent of pneumonia cases in more than 2,000 children studied caused by viruses alone