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Health symptoms are common among adolescents who use e-cigarettes, and these users commonly attribute their symptoms to the use of the device, according to a new study.
In states where cannabis is legal, exposure to marketing materials, particularly through social media, is associated with recent cannabis use in adolescents, reports a recent study.
Interpersonal life events predict the onset of direct self-injurious behaviours among adolescents, a recent study has found.
Children with ulcerative colitis (UC) who undergo a proctocolectomy may have an increased risk of readmission to hospital 30 days after their initial hospital admission, according to a retrospective cohort study presented at the recent Crohn’s and Colitis Congress 2020.
Mothers who smoke during pregnancy may confer an increased risk of fracture to their offspring during the first year of life, according to a study. However, prenatal exposure to cigarette smoke risk does not appear to have a long-term biological influence on fractures later in childhood up to early adulthood.
The risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) appears to be twofold higher in neonates exposed to ibuprofen during the first days of life, a study has found.
Paediatric patients with neurogenic bladder may benefit from intradetrusor abobotulinum toxin A, which has been shown to improve cystometric capacity and maximum neurogenic detrusor overactivity in a recent study. This effect persists over multiple injections.
Clinical hypnosis is an acceptable, feasible, and promising complementary therapy in adolescents with Crohn’s disease (CD), according to data presented at Crohn’s and Colitis 2020.
Gene sequencing may help in the diagnosis of malformations of cortical development, a recent study has found.
Early treatment of infantile haemangiomas (IH) with oral propranolol is effective and safe in Asian populations, as shown in a Singapore study, reinforcing results from previous research.