AAN: New Drug May Help Infants With Spinal Muscular Atrophy

RG7916 increases survival motor neuron protein level, with 6.5-fold increase noted with highest dose

Cleaned endoscopes often contaminated

Many patients may be undergoing endoscopy with contaminated instruments, a pair of new studies suggest.

Lurasidone Appears Safe at 28 Weeks in Kids With Bipolar Depression

Lurasidone, approved for bipolar depression in children and adolescents on the basis of 6-week findings from a phase 3 trial, is also safe and effective for up to 28 weeks, new open-label data show.

Self-Regulation Interventions Beneficial for Children

Improvement in academic, health, and behavioral outcomes in most intervention groups

Disordered Eating Among Teens Tied to Future Depression

Also, bullying by peers is associated with depressive symptoms and disordered eating behavior

UTI Calculator Predicts Risk of Infant Urinary Tract Infection

The newly developed UTICalc calculator can be used to guide testing and treatment in children with suspected urinary tract infection.

New Staging System Estimates Time to Kidney Failure in Children

Pediatric nephrologists have developed a staging system to help predict the length of time until a child with chronic kidney disease (CKD) will develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Cyberbullying, unmet medical needs contribute to depressive symptoms among sexual minority youth

NIH study finds higher rates of dissatisfaction with family relationships.

Language Difficulties in Kids Born Very Preterm Persist to Age 13

Children born very preterm have language difficulties that persist at least to age 13 years without evidence of catching up with other children, researchers report.

Caffeine Therapy for Apnea of Prematurity Safe Over Long Term

No negative effects seen in neurobehavioral outcomes after 11 years

Only 40% of Youth Concussions Caused by Contact Sports

Everyday activities children engage in outside of sports can result in concussion and also require a high index of suspicion for timely diagnosis, researchers say.

Rats better at diagnosing TB than standard tests

A new study shows that when it comes to detecting tuberculosis in children, trained rats may be more effective and accurate than standard diagnostic tests.

CT Pan-Scan: No Mortality Benefit in Kids With Blunt Trauma

Use of whole-body computed tomography did not reduce mortality in children with blunt trauma compared with use of selective computed tomography, a study found.

New Staging System Predicts CKD Progression in Children

First tool to aid timing of progression of chronic kidney disease to end-stage renal disease

Program Supporting Parent-Child Reading Aloud Aids Development

Sustained social-emotional impacts seen 1.5 years after program completion

White Matter Tracts Differ for Infants With Fragile X Syndrome

Significant differences identified in the development of 12 fiber tracts between FXS, controls

Cannabis Compound Transfers to Breast Milk

More research needed to determine long-term effects on development

Ophthalmoscopy, Telemedicine Similar in Accuracy to ID ROP

Findings seen for diagnosis of zone I disease, plus disease, and type 2 retinopathy of prematurity

Toddlers should stay in the hospital after tonsillectomy

Children who have their tonsils removed before they're at least three years old may be more likely to have complications afterward than kids who have the surgery when they're older.

Obesity Can Negatively Effect Liver in Children As Young As 8

At mid-childhood, 23 percent of studied children with high waist circumference had elevated ALT