Upper Airway Stimulation Effective in Teens With Down Syndrome, OSA
73.2 percent of patients had AHI of less than 10 events/hour at 12 months; improvement also seen in quality of life
COVID-19-Linked Hospitalization Up for Children During Omicron
87 percent of 397 children hospitalized during omicron predominance unvaccinated; 34 percent of unvaccinated children were Black
Sharp Spike Seen in Air Pollution Levels in Recent Years
A climate change-driven increase in wildfires may be one of the reasons for the worsening air pollution nationwide
Weight Loss Surgery Effective Regardless of Age of Teens
Patient age should not be a barrier to weight loss surgery
Acute Upper Airway Disease Up in Children During Omicron Surge
Roughly one in five children hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 and upper airway infection had severe disease
Major Airlines Drop Mask Mandate After Federal Judge Rules Against It
U.S. Transportation Security Administration will stop enforcing the mandate for now
Transgender, Gender-Questioning Teens Have Worse Health Outcomes
On most measures in five domains of health, transgender adolescents reported differences from cisgender adolescents
Role of Race in Calculating UTI Risk in Children Reassessed
Race as a variable in risk prediction model can be replaced by history of UTI and duration of fever without affecting accuracy
Use of Extrapolation Common in FDA New Drug Approvals
Extrapolation of the findings from pivotal clinical trials to the approved indication most common for disease severity
Vijoice Granted First Approval for Treatment of PROS
Real-world data show 27 percent of patients with PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum treated with Vijoice had radiological response at 24 weeks
