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Ninety-day supplementation of iron and folic acid (IFA) with or without vitamin B12 results in a reduction in iron and vitamin B12 deficiency and a decrease in the overall proportion of anaemia, reveals a study in India. However, adding vitamin B12 to IFA supplementation does not contribute to the improvement of haemoglobin levels among adolescent girls.

In children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), intranasal oxytocin did not improve social interaction or other measures of social function related to ASD, the phase II SOARS-B* trial suggests.

Overeating or binge eating symptoms are linked to lower quality of life, higher prevalence of depression and anxiety, and poor clinical outcomes among adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a study.

Urinary proadrenomedullin (proADM)/creatinine (Cr) ratio measured at the time of emergency department visit appears predictive of the development of severe outcomes in children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), with stronger discriminatory performance in radiographic disease, suggests a recent study.

Child abuse rates appear to have increased during the lockdowns imposed to control COVID-19 transmission, according to a study from the US presented at the 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition (AAP 2021).

Cancer is frequently misdiagnosed as tuberculosis (TB) in children due to the clinical and radiologic overlap of the two diseases, which then contributes to increased mortality in this population, reveals a recent study.