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Administering once-weekly pulsed dye laser (PDL) treatments to infants with port-wine birthmark in the first few months of life appears safe and leads to significant improvements in the involved skin areas, as shown in a small retrospective study.

People with paediatric-onset immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (pIMID) have a roughly fourfold increased risk of death in adulthood, as suggested in a study.

Elevated nonhigh-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non–HDL-C) levels in childhood that persist into adulthood poses an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study. But the good news is that the resolution of dyslipidaemic non–HDL-C levels adulthood may help prevent CVD events.

Teenage pregnancy has been linked to an increased risk of premature mortality in early adulthood in a recent study.

Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a risk factor for behavioural and emotional issues in children with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have shown.

Changes in emotion, cognition, and behaviour over a 24-hour period may tell risk of suicide attempts among adolescents, with suicidal communications and withdrawal from social and other activities identified as key warning signs, according to a study.

A retrospective study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) reports a growing incidence of oropharyngeal cancer, with an increasing proportion of human papillomavirus (HPV)–positive cases in Hong Kong in recent years.

A novel infant microbiome formula (SIM03) containing unique Bifidobacterium bifidum and Bifidobacterium breve strains improves eczema severity and quality of life (QoL) in preschool children, shows a study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).