Pediatrics
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Hypertension hurts memory, attention in children
Major finding: Teens with hypertension scored worse on measures of memory, attention, and executive function than did those who were normotensive....
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Exercise-capacity decline hastened by congenital heart disease
Major finding: Exercise capacity fell by an average of 1% per year among young adults with congenital heart disease.Data source: A review of 522...
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High blood pressure begins early in overweight children
Major finding: Children who went from normal weight to overweight or obese over 2.5 years were 57% more likely to develop prehypertension and 87%...
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LARCs appear safe in adolescents with CVD
Major finding: In a study of LARC use among adolescents with congenital cardiac anomalies or other cardiovascular disease, no cases of...
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ECG keys pre-sport participation screening
Major finding: Cardiac symptoms with no group 2 ECG abnormality were associated with no cases of dangerous cardiac pathology.Data source: Data...
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States differ in screening for congenital heart defects
Major finding: Of 71 Georgia hospitals surveyed, 22 (31%) were screening newborns for congenital heart defects, compared with 100% of the 8...
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AHA: Fewer than 1% of U.S. youth has ideal diet score
Major Finding: Less than half of adolescents achieved an ideal score in five or more of the seven cardiovascular health components measured in the...
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FDA approves alogliptin, alone and in combinations
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Combo may be best rescue therapy for resistant Kawasaki disease
Major Finding: Nonresponders to IVIG plus aspirin for treatment of acute Kawasaki disease were significantly more likely to respond to rescue...