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In the paediatric population, children with obesity are especially vulnerable to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a study has found.

Spells, tremors, and irritability are common and early findings in infants with vitamin B12 deficiency, a recent Norway study has found. Prenatal exposure to nitrous oxide, typically given during labour, may be a risk factor.

Daily use of somatropin, a recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), led to significantly improved growth outcomes, particularly height standard deviation scores (HT-SDSs), in prepubertal children with idiopathic short stature (ISS), according to a recent study.

When it comes to treating children with cerebral palsy, neurodevelopmental therapy (NDT) appears to produce smaller improvements in motor function compared with activity-based and body structure and function interventions, according to a study. Furthermore, NDT is no better than control, and higher-dose is not more effective than lower-dose NDT.

Treatment with a nonhallucinogenic phytocannabinoid, cannabidivarin, is well tolerated in children with Rett syndrome (RTT), according to data from a phase 1 trial. Moreover, it improves seizure control in those whose disease is caused by methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) pathogenic variants.

Cases of the rare monkeypox viral disease have been detected in at least 12 countries and experts are cautiously concerned about yet another health disaster.

In the treatment of urinary incontinence, urotherapy appears to be effective in children with cerebral palsy, helping reduce symptoms although at a slower rate compared with their typically developing counterparts, according to a study.

For the first time, an association has been observed between maternal urinary selenium and newborn telomere length, which suggests that intrauterine exposure to selenium may influence the initial setting of human telomere length, according to a study.