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An elevated proportion of children and adolescents around the world, particularly girls or those with high BMI, experience disordered eating as shown in a meta-analysis of 32 studies from 16 countries.

Treatment with methotrexate (MTX) does not appear to be associated with testicular toxicity, according to the results of the iFAME-MTX study, dispelling concerns about the effect of the drugs among men wishing to become a parent and their clinicians.

Use of nonprescription drugs loperamide and mitragynine appears to contribute to the risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia, reports a study in North America.

A case-control surveillance study has found no link between monovalent COVID-19 boosters and miscarriage before 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Second-generation antiandrogens (AAs) are associated with an increased risk of cognitive and functional toxic effects, including fatigue and falls, when used as monotherapy or in combination with androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT), results of a systematic review and meta-analysis have shown.

Adding the probiotic Limosilactobacillus reuteri (L. reuteri) DSM 17938 to antibiotic therapy significantly reduced the incidence of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (AAD) in children with acute otitis media or acute bacterial sinusitis in the PEARL study presented at ESPGHAN 2023.

Interim results from the ongoing Study 306, a phase III open-label trial, show improved immunogenicity and safety of the bivalent Omicron-containing mRNA-1273.214 vaccine in children 6 months to 5 years of age, both as a primary series and a booster.