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Children with allergic disease may face as much as a doubling of their risk of hypertension and hyperlipidemia -- even if they aren't overweight

Pediatric Allergic Disease May Up Cardiovascular Risk

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Findings held even after adjustment for obesity
More than one in four doctors-in-training may be depressed

Depression Not Uncommon Among Resident Physicians

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Grueling medical training may help explain finding
Despite an increase in the number of U.S. medical school graduates

Percentage of Graduates Entering GME Stable Over Past Decade

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Despite increase in number of U.S. medical school graduates, no change in GME placement
For young people with egg allergy

Live Attenuated Flu Shot Feasible for Children With Egg Allergy

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LAIV linked to low risk of systemic allergic reactions in young people with egg allergy
The expansion of insurance coverage and increases in retail prescription drug spending contributed to an increase in total national health care expenditures in 2014

U.S. Health Care Spending Increased in 2014

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Increase in 2014 followed five consecutive years of historically low health care spending
The rate of vaso-occlusive crisis events is not significantly lower for children and adolescents with sickle-cell anemia receiving prasugrel versus placebo

ASH: Prasugrel Doesn’t Cut Vaso-Occlusive Crisis in Sickle Cell

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Rate of vaso-occlusive crisis events is not lower for children receiving prasugrel versus placebo
The combination of effective transmission of knowledge

Med Ed Can Be Improved for High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care

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Review shows knowledge transmission, reflective practice, supportive environment aid learning
Children of mothers with polycystic ovary syndrome may have an increased risk for autism spectrum disorders

Maternal PCOS May Raise Odds for Autism in Offspring

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Odds of ASD further increased among mothers with both PCOS and obesity
Fewer American families are struggling to pay medical bills

CDC: Fewer Americans Struggling With Medical Bills

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U.S. report shows 12 million are no longer in families having trouble paying for health care
Kanuma (sebelipase alfa) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first treatment for LAL deficiency (Wolman disease or cholesteryl ester storage disease).

FDA Approves Kanuma for Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency

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For treatment of LAL deficiency, also known as Wolman disease or cholesteryl ester storage disease