As we've seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, serious infections sometimes trigger an excessive inflammatory reaction that does as much harm—or more—than the infection itself. New research at Boston Children's Hospital ...
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Currently available COVID vaccines require cold storage and sophisticated manufacturing capacity, which makes it difficult to produce and distribute them widely, especially in less developed countries. A new type of vaccine ...
Nov 6, 2021
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the second most common leukemia diagnosed in children. It is hard to treat and can be fatal in some cases. While there have been some recent successes with genetically targeted therapies for ...
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As we age, many of us acquire mutations that cause some of our blood stem cells to multiply faster than others, forming their own distinct populations or "clones." This is known as clonal hematopoiesis. In some cases, a single ...
Nov 4, 2021
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When joints flare up in people with rheumatoid arthritis and related diseases, the joints involved are often the same as those affected before. For example, if arthritis started in the right knee, it is much more likely to ...
Nov 3, 2021
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Neonatal seizures can lead to serious consequences, including significant cognitive and motor disabilities, lifelong epilepsy, and death. They are often highly resistant to treatment, in part because seizures in newborns ...
Oct 25, 2021
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Two new studies report that COVID-19 vaccination strongly protects against both infection and serious illness, respectively among adolescents age 12 to 18. Both studies covered periods when the highly contagious Delta variant ...
Oct 21, 2021
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A video game with biofeedback—aimed at keeping heart rate low during fast-paced play—can help youth learn to regulate their anger, finds a small randomized trial at Boston Children's Hospital. If the game is further validated ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Low-carbohydrate diets are popular for weight loss and diabetes control. However, for most of the past 50 years, medical and public health experts have instead embraced low-fat diets, concerned about the health effects of ...
Sep 28, 2021
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Several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, a small number of children began to develop a cluster of mysterious symptoms. These included rashes, red eyes, gastrointestinal symptoms and, most worrisome, heart problems. Why ...
Sep 14, 2021
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