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An oral medication that stimulates the growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a induced height velocity increases similar to those seen with recombinant human GH for children with pediatric GH deficiency, according to trial data.

Vosoritide was associated with increased annualized height velocity for children with five different genetic causes of short stature, according to study findings.

Children with hypochondroplasia had an increase in growth velocity at 1 year of treatment with vosoritide, according to findings from a phase 2 trial.

Artificial intelligence may have a role in the early detection of rheumatic heart disease using mitral regurgitation jet analysis, according to study findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Children with idiopathic pediatric growth hormone deficiency had an increase in annualized height velocity after 6 months of receiving a daily oral GH therapy, according to a speaker.

LAS VEGAS — According to results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, head injuries are increasing among high school athletes despite an overall decrease in injury rates since 2006.

PHILADELPHIA — In children with acute Kawasaki disease where fever symptoms have resolved, continued daily monitoring for 1 to 2 weeks is strongly recommended, according to new guidelines released during ACR Convergence 2022.

As cancer treatment options continue to improve, the growing number of childhood cancer survivors will require individualized strategies and risk assessment to help prevent and monitor neurocognitive late effects.

Boston Children’s Hospital was named Tuesday as the best children’s hospital in the United States for the eighth consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report, which expanded its annual list this year to include state and regional rankings.

Steroids are commonly used to mitigate severe treatment-related adverse events associated with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.