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Researchers found that childhood unpredictability provided additional information about mental health risk beyond conventional ACEs screening.

Lavengratinib increased annualized height velocity in 7 children with achondroplasia, but open-label phase 2 findings remain preliminary.

The FDA granted satralizumab priority review for MOGAD after phase 3 findings showed a 68% reduction in relapse risk versus placebo.

Suicide-related pediatric ED visits rose 74% from 2016 to 2022; about half occurred at EDs with lower pediatric volume, a national analysis found.

Amélie Lothe, PhD, discusses findings showing early, sustained benefits of fenfluramine treatment for patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

FDA approved levacetylleucine (Aqneursa) for ataxia in ataxia-telangiectasia, the first therapy for the disease, in patients 15 kg or heavier.

Tallie Z. Baram, MD, talks about how adding a measure of childhood unpredictability to ACEs screening may help pediatricians identify children at risk for mental health problems.

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