Low Birth Weight May Increase Risk for Later COPD
Maternal smoking had joint effect with low birth weight for COPD risk
Childhood Racial Segregation in School Tied to Late-Life Cognitive Outcomes
Older Black adults show lower cognitive scores and a higher likelihood of cognitive impairment
Early Childhood Nonparental Childcare Attendance Does Not Influence Mental Health
Psychosocial and socioeconomic risks have interactive effects on both internalizing and externalizing symptoms
About Three-Quarters of Adolescents Report Common Mental Disorders
More than half of those who reached threshold score for any common mental disorder had a chronic course
Review Shows Inverse Link Between Fluoride Exposure and Children’s IQ
Accompanying editorial indicates no evidence of an adverse effect at lower water fluoride levels commonly used in water systems
Gestational Exposure to NSAIDs Tied to Childhood Chronic Kidney Disease
However, no association seen between NSAID use and fetal nephrotoxicity in sibling comparisons
Pertussis Cases Surging in the United States
While vaccination is the best way to protect against whooping cough, vaccination rates in children have fallen
Intestinal Ultrasound Feasible for Detecting Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Correlations seen with fecal calprotectin, endoscopic disease activity, but not clinical disease activity
Early Anti-TNFα Therapy Cuts Perianal Fistula Complications in Pediatric Crohn Disease
Odds of complications significantly reduced with early anti-TNFα therapy, especially in those with perianal lesions
Telemedicine Not Reliable for Assessing Criteria for Acute Sore Throat
When comparing assessments of lymph nodes, tonsils, total Centor score, agreement was low, with kappa between 0.47 and 0.58
