October 26th, 20264 societies tie girls' and women's heart health to female life stagesAHA, AAP, ACOG, and SMFM issued a Female Life Stage framework that starts cardiovascular risk assessment at perimenarche, around ages 8 to 15.Read more
October 12th, 2026When one young athlete’s cardiac arrest revealed a family at riskA teen’s track collapse reveals CPVT, a hidden inherited arrhythmia; rapid CPR/AED response and family cascade screening prevent sudden cardiac arrest across generations.Read more
November 12th, 2026Language barriers linked to lower early peanut introduction ratesNon-English-speaking families were far less likely to introduce peanut by 6 months (OR, 0.21) in a 3,170-child study presented at ACAAI 2026.Read more
November 12th, 2026Clinicians order food allergy panels despite false-positive riskIn an ACAAI 2026 survey, 85% of clinicians knew food allergy panels often yield false positives, yet many ordered them for unvalidated uses.Read more
November 12th, 2026Risankizumab shows 52-week efficacy in pediatric psoriasis trialFull OptIMMize-1 results show high skin clearance rates with risankizumab in children and teens with psoriasis, sustained through 52 weeks.Read more
November 11th, 2026Gradebook data may flag substance use risk in middle schoolersClassroom engagement scores in digital gradebooks predicted substance use by eighth grade better than GPA (cross-validated AUC, 0.79 vs 0.63).Read more
November 11th, 2026Distance to surgery linked to complications, longer stays in childrenChildren living more than 60 miles from their surgical hospital had higher complication odds and longer stays after common procedures.Read more
November 10th, 2026Exploring AhR agonists in pediatric atopic dermatitisEmily Becker, MD, discusses the role of AhR agonists, skin barrier function, and steroid-free treatment options for pediatric atopic dermatitis.Read more