by King’s College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fewer than one in 20 children with symptomatic COVID-19 experienced symptoms lasting longer than 4 weeks, and almost all children have fully recovered by 8 weeks, a new study has found. In a study published today in Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, researchers at King’s College London looked at daily health...
by Marcene Robinson, University at Buffalo Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When prescribing medicine to children, doctors often rely on guidelines that simply scale down the dosage that adults receive. This imprecise and common practice fails to capture the nuances of childhood, which include rapid growth spurts. To improve upon this method, a University at Buffalo-led team...
(HealthDay)—The first oral blood-thinning medication for children was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Monday. Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) oral pellets were approved to treat children ages 3 months to 12 years with venous thromboembolism (VTE) directly after treatment with an injectable blood thinner for at least five days. The tablets were also...
May 3, 2021 3:40 PM ET BILL CHAPPELL The number of children contracting COVID-19 in the U.S. is much lower than the record highs set at the start of the new year, but children now account for more than a fifth of new coronavirus cases in states that release data by age, according to the...
by Anne Lise Stranden, ScienceNordic Credit: CC0 Public Domain Children who spend a lot of time outdoors during the day display fewer symptoms of hyperactivity. A new study of kindergarten children show this to be a strong link. “The difference between the brightness of indoor and outdoor light is considerable,” says Vidar Sandsaunet Ulset, who is a psychologist...
by Linda A. Johnson This undated image provided by Supernus Pharmaceuticals in April 2021 shows bottles for different dosages of the drug Qelbree. On Friday, April 2, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the medication for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children ages six through 17. (Supernus Pharmaceuticals via AP) U.S. regulators...
COVID-19 has been with us for more than a year already. But do you remember how little we knew about it just one year ago? We didn’t know what this viral disease can do to children. It turned out, they are more immune to COVID-19 than adults are. But why? Scientists at the University of...
By Pam Belluck Feb. 24, 2021 Kindergartners this month at a Catholic school in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. The study analyzed 1,116 cases in 31 states, with participants ranging from infants to 20-year-olds.Credit…Etienne Laurent/EPA, via Shutterstock A large nationwide study has found important differences in the two major ways in which children have become seriously ill from the...
by Northwestern University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Peanut allergy affects at least 4.5 million adults in the U.S., many of whom report developing their first allergy symptoms during adulthood, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. However, despite the fact that roughly three out of four Americans with peanut allergy are over 17 years old, peanut allergy is often considered a predominantly...
by CU Anschutz Medical Campus A major multi-center investigation of children with cystic fibrosis has identified a test that allows earlier identification of those at risk for cystic fibrosis liver disease. The study, which includes 11 clinical sites in North America, was led by Michael Narkewicz, MD, professor of pediatrics from the University of Colorado...
