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This Week's Must Reads

Adolescent obesity linked with midlife cancer risk,

2019-nCoV: Structure, characteristics of key potential therapy target determined,

Risk factors found for respiratory AEs in children following OSA surgery,

Critical care admissions up for pediatric opioid poisonings,

Private Equity Firms Acquiring More Physician Group Practices,

Dermatology

Acne Treatment May Vary Based on Race, Gender, Insurance,

Losartan Showing Promise in Pediatric Epidermolysis Bullosa Trial,

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Rare Diseases

Losartan Showing Promise in Pediatric Epidermolysis Bullosa Trial,

High Cost of Wound Dressings for Epidermolysis Bullosa Highlighted,

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Vaccines

Despite PCV, Pediatric Asthma Patients Face Pneumococcal Risks,

Measles infection linked to impaired ‘immune memory’,

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Diabetes

Nearly one in five U.S. adolescents have prediabetes,

Ketoacidosis is on the rise in children with type 1 diabetes,

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Mixed Topics

Choice of infant sleep location is multifactorial,

FDA Supports Sunscreen Safety Studies,

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Endocrinology

Reward, decision-making brain regions altered in teens with obesity,

Bethesda system underpredicts malignancy in pediatric thyroid tumors,

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Zika

In utero Zika exposure can have delayed consequences,

Zika knowledge, preparedness low among U.S. pediatricians,

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Gastroenterology

Biopsy not required to diagnose most cases of pediatric celiac disease,

Initial ultrasound assessment of appendicitis curbs costs,

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Business of Medicine

Private Equity Firms Acquiring More Physician Group Practices,

Physician Groups Push Back on Medicaid Block Grant Plan,

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Hematology

Genetic testing helps avoid false hemoglobinopathy diagnoses in newborns,

BCL11A-directed gene therapy advances in sickle cell disease,

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Meningitis

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis & Steroids in Meningitis, Open Forum Infect Dis; 2017 Oct; Gallegos, et al

Early Onset GBS Meningitis Drops, Late Onset Jumps, Clin Infect Dis; 2017 Oct 16; Romain, et al

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Immunology

Trial of epicutaneous immunotherapy in eosinophilic esophagitis,

ADA2 is a potent new biomarker for macrophage activation syndrome,

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Lifestyle

Screen Exposure in Young Children on the Rise, JAMA Pediatrics; ePub 2019 Feb 18; Chen, et al

Factors Linked with Unrestrained Young Passengers, Pediatrics; 2019 Mar; Roehler, Elliott, et al

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Infectious Diseases

Infection with 2019 novel coronavirus extends to infants,

Echoes of SARS mark 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak,

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Transgender Health

Pubertal suppression in adolescence cuts risk of later suicidal ideation in transgender people,

iPLEDGE Vexes Dermatologists Treating Transgender Patients,

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Injuries

Adolescent alcohol, opioid misuse linked to risky behaviors,

Urban or rural, children’s gun-related injuries equally deadly,

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