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Children who use wheeled recreational devices (WRDs) are prone to severe injuries, such as fractures and dislocations, according to a Singapore study. Factors related to a higher risk of such injuries include school-going age, increased weight, injury location, and scooter, skateboard, and inline skate use.

Distributing HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits among teens and young adults rapidly improves rates of HIV screening, a recent study has found.

There appears to be evidence suggesting that hyperbaric oxygen therapy does not yield motor and cognitive benefits in children with cerebral palsy, a recent study has found.

Long-term use of ruxolitinib cream continued to improve facial and total body repigmentation in patients with nonsegmental vitiligo from 24 to 52 weeks, according to an updated pooled analysis of the phase III TRuE-V1* and TRuE-V2** studies presented at EADV 2022.

In infants born with extremely low birth weight (ELBW), parenteral nutrition supplement using a mixed lipid emulsion containing fish oil does not result in neurodevelopmental or behavioural benefits at preschool age, a new study has found.

Levels of several human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), such as 2’-fucosyllactose (2’FL) and lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), appear to correlate with measures of growth in breastfed infants, according to a recent Philippine study.

Dental caries develop more often among adolescents with internet addiction (IA), an effect driven partly by unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, a recent Japan study has found.

Among school-aged children, having been born premature and with foetal growth restriction (FGR) appears to be associated with higher systolic blood pressure (SBP) and augmentation index (AIx), a new study has found.