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The Hong Kong Children Eye Study in nearly 12,000 local children aged 6–8 years shows that increased physical activity is associated with healthier retinal microvasculature.

Prolonged air purification in indoor environments helps alleviate airway inflammation in children, a study has shown.

Treatment with odevixibat led to rapid and sustained improvements in pruritus and serum bile acid (sBA) levels among patients with Alagille syndrome (ALGS), according to the final data of the phase III ASSERT-extension (ASSERT-EXT) study presented at The Liver Meeting 2024.

The number of cardiometabolic risk (CMR) factors plays an important role in mediating the association between fat percentage and bone mineral content (BMC) percentage in children, suggests a study.

Birth weight (BW) and breastfeeding are independently associated with the body composition of infants, regardless of sex, suggests a recent study.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 16-30 November 2024 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Keratinocyte carcinomas (KC) remain a significant burden among childhood cancer survivors (CCS), but there are predictable risk factors that can guide screening, according to a study.

A newly developed nomogram demonstrates its ability to predict the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in burned children. This prediction model is based on factors such as larger burns, longer length of stay (LOS), and use of central venous catheter (CVC), among others.

The likelihood of survival at 30 days among patients with CRE infections is similar for those who receive ceftazidime-avibactam or meropenem-vaborbactam. However, recurrent infections and the emergence of resistance are observed less frequently with the latter carbapenem/BLI combination, as suggested by a prospective observational study presented at IDWeek 2024