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Evaluating the Incremental Benefit of Two Versus One Dose of Influenza Vaccine in Influenza-Naive Children Under Nine: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

By MedXY 10/04/2025

This systematic review and meta-analysis assess the additional protection from a second dose of influenza vaccine in vaccine-naive children under nine years old, highlighting significant benefits particularly for those under three years.

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Revisiting Rehydration Strategies in Severe Acute Malnutrition with Gastroenteritis: Intravenous Versus Oral Approaches

By MedXY 10/03/2025

A recent trial assessing intravenous versus oral rehydration in children with severe acute malnutrition and gastroenteritis found no mortality difference at 96 hours, challenging fears of fluid overload and supporting cautious consideration of intravenous therapy.

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Memantine Shows Promise for Improving Social Impairment in Youths with Autism Spectrum Disorder

By MedXY 10/01/2025

A 12-week randomized clinical trial demonstrates memantine’s efficacy and safety in improving social impairments in youths with ASD, with elevated pgACC glutamate levels serving as a predictive biomarker for treatment response.

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Long-Term Educational Trajectories After Preterm Birth: Unraveling the Roles of Biological and Sociodemographic Factors

By MedXY 10/01/2025

This study reveals that although individuals born preterm face higher risks of lower educational attainment, sociodemographic factors have a greater impact on long-term educational outcomes than prematurity itself.

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Decoding Nonverbal Learning Disability in Children: Distinct Profiles and Their Clinical Implications

By MedXY 10/01/2025

A cross-sectional study identifies four distinct profiles of nonverbal learning disability (NVLD) in children, revealing significant heterogeneity in visual-spatial deficits, academic skills, and psychiatric diagnoses, highlighting implications for diagnosis and tailored interventions.

Neurology Pediatrics Psychiatry Specialties

Unraveling ADHD: Gut Microbial Signatures and the Role of SCFA Deficiency in Symptom Pathogenesis

By MedXY 09/29/2025

Recent research reveals distinct gut microbial and metabolic profiles linked to ADHD symptoms, highlighting short-chain fatty acid deficiency as a key mechanism driving hyperactivity and inattention.

Medical News Pediatrics Psychiatry Specialties

Restoring Cognitive Function After Adolescent Alcohol Exposure: The Promise of Synbiotic Therapy Targeting the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis

By MedXY 09/29/2025

A synbiotic intervention reverses alcohol-induced cognitive deficits in adolescent mice by modulating gut microbiota and brain metabolism, suggesting potential therapeutic avenues for alcohol-related neurobehavioral impairments.

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In-Home Firearm Homicides Among Children and Adolescents: Understanding a Hidden Crisis

By MedXY 09/29/2025

Nearly one-quarter of firearm-related homicides of US children and adolescents occur at home, particularly affecting younger children, with domestic violence and child abuse as major factors.

Pediatrics Public Health Respiratory Specialties

Understanding RSV: Why Immunization Is a Game-Changer for Infants and Vulnerable Adults

By MedXY 09/29/2025

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) poses serious risks to infants and older adults. Since 2023, RSV immunizations have drastically reduced hospitalizations and deaths. This article explains RSV, symptoms, immunization options, and prevention strategies.

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Clinical Long-Read Sequencing: A Game-Changer in Pediatric Genetic Disease Diagnosis

By MedXY 09/28/2025

Clinical long-read sequencing (LRS) demonstrates superior diagnostic yield and shorter turnaround times compared to standard genetic testing in pediatric genetic diseases, consolidating multiple tests into one comprehensive assay and identifying complex variants missed by traditional methods.

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Antenatal Betamethasone Reduces Respiratory Morbidity in Late Preterm Twins: Landmark Randomized Trial

By MedXY 09/28/2025

This multicenter randomized trial demonstrates that antenatal betamethasone significantly lowers severe respiratory morbidity in late preterm twin neonates, offering evidence-based guidance for managing twin pregnancies at imminent preterm delivery.

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Progression of Transdiagnostic Clinical Stages From Childhood to Young Adulthood: Evidence and Implications

By MedXY 09/28/2025

This review synthesizes cohort and longitudinal studies supporting the progression of transdiagnostic mental health stages from familial risk in childhood through early symptoms in adolescence to clinically significant disorders in young adulthood, independent of early life confounders.

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Navigating Childhood Insurance in the US: Insights into Medicaid, CHIP, and Uninsurance Dynamics

By MedXY 09/28/2025

A simulation study reveals that 75% of US children experience publicly subsidized insurance or uninsurance periods by age 18, highlighting the impact of state Medicaid policies on pediatric coverage gaps.

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Understanding Patient Acceptance of Complement Inhibitor Therapy in Geographic Atrophy

By MedXY 09/28/2025

A UK study reveals most patients with geographic atrophy are open to intravitreal complement inhibitor injections if these treatments offer vision improvement, highlighting the vital role of functional benefits in therapy acceptance.

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Atropine vs Cyclopentolate: Optimizing Premyopia Diagnosis in Preschool Children

By MedXY 09/28/2025

This study compares atropine and cyclopentolate for cycloplegia in preschoolers, finding atropine leads to less myopic refraction and may reduce premyopia overestimation. It highlights implications for precise refractive diagnosis in young children.

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Clesrovimab: A Promising Monoclonal Antibody for Preventing RSV in Healthy Infants

By MedXY 09/27/2025

A single dose of clesrovimab significantly reduces respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections and hospitalizations in healthy infants during their first RSV season, with a safety profile comparable to placebo.

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Evaluating Radiation Risks from Medical Imaging in Pediatrics: Implications for Hematologic Cancer

By MedXY 09/27/2025

A large cohort study links radiation exposure from pediatric medical imaging to a modest but significant increase in hematologic cancer risk, underlining the need for judicious imaging use in children and adolescents.

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Permethrin-Treated Baby Wraps: A Novel Strategy to Prevent Malaria in Young Children

By MedXY 09/27/2025

A randomized controlled trial in Uganda demonstrates that permethrin-treated baby wraps significantly reduce clinical malaria incidence among infants, offering an innovative complement to bed nets for malaria prevention in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Modifiable Parental Factors Influence Adolescent Sleep

By MedXY 09/24/2025

This prospective cohort study identifies modifiable parental factors linked to adolescent sleep outcomes over 4 years, highlighting the mediating roles of screen use and emotional regulation and sex-specific effects, with implications for interventions targeting adolescent sleep health.

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Childhood Loneliness: A Lasting Risk Factor for Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Later Life

By MedXY 09/24/2025

Childhood loneliness significantly increases the risk of cognitive decline and dementia in middle-aged and older adults, independent of adult loneliness, highlighting the importance of early psychosocial interventions.