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Earlier anti-TNF-α medication helps ensure treatment success in paediatric IBD

02 Aug 2022 by

First-line treatment with tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) blockers is both safe and effective in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a recent study. Early drug initiation even cuts the likelihood of treatment failure and leads to fewer extraintestinal symptoms.

02 Aug 2022

Antenatal vitamin D supplementation may curb risk of infant eczema

01 Aug 2022 by

Infants born to mothers who popped vitamin D during pregnancy are less likely to develop atopic eczema compared with their counterparts whose mothers received placebo, as shown in the UK Maternal Vitamin D Osteoporosis Study (MAVIDOS).

01 Aug 2022

White matter diminished in ASD teens born premature

29 Jul 2022

In adolescents and young adults who screen positive for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals strong reductions in white matter, a new study has found.

29 Jul 2022

Introducing infants to a reduced protein Nordic diet may set better eating habits

29 Jul 2022 by

A Nordic diet with a reduced protein content, when introduced in infancy before initiation of complementary feeding, appears to lead to healthier eating habits, according to results of the OTIS trial presented at ESPGHAN 2022.

29 Jul 2022

Maternal infections contribute to congenital cytomegalovirus

29 Jul 2022 by

Both primary and secondary cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in mothers contribute to the risk of symptomatic congenital CMV (cCMV) and its long-term sequelae, according to a recent study.

29 Jul 2022

Prior carbapenem exposure ups risk of drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

28 Jul 2022

Children with prior exposure to carbapenems and bronchoscopy have a higher risk of developing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA), reveals a study.

28 Jul 2022

Paternal IBD medication use before conception carries no excess risk of childhood infections

28 Jul 2022

Fathers’ exposure to anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive medications for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) prior to conception does not appear to contribute to a significantly increased risk of childhood infections, a study has found.

28 Jul 2022

Lumbar puncture rate drops in infants with suspected serious bacterial infection

27 Jul 2022

Over the years, the percentage of lumbar punctures has declined among hospitalized infants admitted with suspected serious bacterial infection and had blood and urine culture tests. Such a trend is more prominent among those aged 29‒89 days, according to a Japan study.

27 Jul 2022

Single-food milk elimination diet works in paediatric eosinophilic esophagitis

27 Jul 2022

In the treatment of children with eosinophilic esophagitis, eliminating foods that contain cow’s milk protein from the diet is effective, inducing relatively high rates of histologic remission and significantly improving symptoms and endoscopic abnormalities, as shown in a study.

27 Jul 2022

Maternal vaccination reduces COVID-19 hospitalization risk in offspring

27 Jul 2022 by

Full vaccination (two doses) with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy was associated with a reduced risk of COVID-19-related hospitalization among infants younger than 6 months of age, according to a recent study.

27 Jul 2022

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Earlier anti-TNF-α medication helps ensure treatment success in paediatric IBD

Antenatal vitamin D supplementation may curb risk of infant eczema

White matter diminished in ASD teens born premature

Introducing infants to a reduced protein Nordic diet may set better eating habits

Maternal infections contribute to congenital cytomegalovirus

Prior carbapenem exposure ups risk of drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Paternal IBD medication use before conception carries no excess risk of childhood infections

Lumbar puncture rate drops in infants with suspected serious bacterial infection

Single-food milk elimination diet works in paediatric eosinophilic esophagitis

Maternal vaccination reduces COVID-19 hospitalization risk in offspring