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A partial heart transplant appears to be a safe and efficacious approach to replace a faulty heart valve in children with congenital heart disease, as shown in a study.
Children exposed to maternal cancer and its treatment show no significant disruptions in their cardiac, neurocognitive, or physical development during adolescence, reveals a study.
Children who spend more screen time are at increased risk of having more depressive symptoms, potentially due to shorter sleep and worse white matter organization during early adolescence, according to a study.
Dysmenorrhoea in adolescence appears to contribute to an increased risk of chronic pain in adulthood, according to a study.
A recent systematic review has found varying prevalence of sexually abstinent adolescents and young adults across studies, as well as a range of factors and motivations or barriers shaping sexual abstinence.
Boys with posterior urethral valves (PUV) may find it difficult to address decreased renal reserve with only one functioning kidney on a dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan, suggests a study.
Receiving a stimulant prescription for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) via telehealth shows no significant impact on the risk for substance use disorder (SUD) but appears to elevate the risk of subsequent stimulant use disorder (stimUD), suggests a study.
Detection of respiratory viruses in children with severe hepatocellular dysfunction during the peri-liver transplant period appears to increase the risk of death and postoperative surgical complications, reveals a recent study.
Influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) carries increased morbidity and mortality in children, according to a case series.
A recent study has found that influenza virus infection can lead to serious multisystem complications, such as encephalitis and acute respiratory distress syndrome, among others.