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Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about our faculty’s latest achievements, awards and honors.
11.14.2024Ten years after undergoing bariatric surgery as teens, over half of study participants demonstrated not only sustained weight loss, but also resolution of obesity-related conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
11.13.2024Long-term treatment with the drug upadacitinib significantly improved symptoms and quality of life compared to placebo in adolescents with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis after 76 weeks with strong evidence of safety, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine analysis of three international, randomized clinical trials.
11.01.2024The number of pediatric inpatient psychiatric beds has not risen to meet demand amid a growing youth mental health crisis, according to a Northwestern Medicine-led study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
10.24.2024Scientists have discovered an RNA that controls how much or how little protein is produced by a gene, with implications for neurodevelopmental disorders like epilepsy and autism.
10.21.2024Youth opioid overdoses have risen since the pandemic, according to a study analyzing nationwide EMS encounters recently published in JAMA.
10.02.2024A team of international scientists has uncovered the genetic underpinnings of a rare, inherited autoimmune disorder, according to a study recently published in Science Translational Medicine.
08.19.2024Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that targeting the TIM3 protein in mouse models of low-grade astrocytoma increased survival compared to current immunotherapies, according to recent findings published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
07.19.2024Adolescents with severe obesity who received meal replacement therapy plus financial incentives experienced a greater reduction in body mass index compared to those who received meal replacement therapy alone, according to recent findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.
05.30.2024Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a way to regenerate damaged heart muscle cells in mice, a development which may provide a new avenue for treating congenital heart defects, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
05.21.2024A new gene therapy could revolutionize treatment for two rare genetic blood disorders, according to a pair of trials published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
05.21.2024A study has shown the majority of children and teens with chronic skin diseases feel stigmatized by peers for their condition, are sometimes bullied, and often suffer from depression and anxiety.
05.01.2024Daily immunotherapy delivered via a dermal patch reduced risk of reactions, including anaphylaxis, in children with an immunoglobulin E (IgE)–mediated cow’s milk allergy, according to a recent clinical trial published in JAMA Pediatrics.
04.18.2024A large international team led by a Northwestern Medicine investigator has established new standardized diagnostic criteria for pediatric sepsis, according to two related studies published in JAMA.
04.12.2024A recent Northwestern Medicine comparative analysis of national survey results found that one in four U.S. adolescents in grades 9 through 12 reported their sexual identity as non-heterosexual, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.
03.27.2024A model can accurately predict the risk of bloodstream infections in a subset of children with cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Emergency departments that see fewer pediatric patients are more likely to give delayed diagnoses for serious medical conditions compared to those who see pediatric patients more often, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
01.26.2024The Pfizer BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine was highly effective in preventing severe COVID-19 infections in children and adolescents during the Delta and Omicron variants, according to a large, national study recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
01.22.2024The drug tovorafenib may halt the growth of or shrink some childhood brain tumors, according to a clinical trial published in Nature Medicine.
12.05.2023Babies of parents who speak a language other than English may be more likely to be unnecessarily hospitalized when visiting the emergency department for high fevers, according to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
12.04.2023Modulating the activity of a kinase in motor neurons may help mitigate mitochondrial defects and other symptoms of spinal muscular atrophy, offering a new therapeutic avenue for the devastating disease, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
11.20.2023Northwestern scientists are introducing new soft, miniaturized wearable devices that continuously track subtle sounds simultaneously and wirelessly at multiple locations across nearly any region of the body.