Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have an increased risk for periodontitis development.

Residing in higher-opportunity and lower-vulnerability neighborhoods in early life is associated with a lower mean BMI trajectory and a lower risk for obesity from childhood to adolescence.

Compared with individuals with natural COVID-19 immunity from previous infection, individuals who are vaccinated have lower rates of all-cause emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and mortality.

The number of pediatric mental health visits with prolonged emergency department length of stay (LOS) was much higher in 2021 than in 2020.

Researchers assessed the incidence, management, disease course, and outcomes of very early-onset inflammatory bowel disease compared with older children.

Researchers assessed the prevalence of bloating in the past 7 days, severity of bloating, and healthcare-seeking behaviors for bloating in patients with abdominal bloating.

Cancer patients are more likely to withdraw from clinical trials if the perceived burdens of participation outweigh the perceived benefits.

In a randomized clinical trial, researchers estimated the effect of a graded sensorimotor retraining intervention on pain intensity in adults with chronic back pain.

Minimal difference observed in total costs and effectiveness after one year of follow-up

However, representation of underrepresented minorities only increased modestly overall

Reduced levels of teen cannabis use and nicotine vaping seen during pandemic continued, while alcohol use returned to prepandemic level

During the pandemic, the country has limited passports, allowing them only for family emergencies or some work travel

Researchers assessed the prevalence of iron deficiency and anemia in patients with IBD and compared management among clinicians.

Researchers assessed protection against COVID-19 Delta and Omicron infection among adolescents who were either vaccinated, previously infected, or had hybrid immunity.

Researchers initiated a search of databases for studies of adolescents or children who had a mean age of 18 years and younger reporting a change of mental health measures from prepandemic to during the pandemic.

A team of investigators examined the impact of medical marijuana legalization on opioid use for pain management among patients undergoing treatment for cancer.

Based on inverse variance weighted method, GERD found to substantially increase lung cancer risk

Nearly twofold increase in annual number of attacks seen from 2016 to 2021, exposing information of nearly 42 million patients

Privacy challenges identified for apps, including metrics such as star ratings

The new rule, set to go into effect on Jan. 5, was created in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases in China

Researchers analyzed the relationship between alcohol consumption and outcomes in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis.

Researchers sought to assess changes in body composition in relation to disease activity levels in Crohn disease.

A systematic review and meta-analysis sought to determine the risk of second primary cancer for survivors of colorectal cancer.

Antibody testing is effective for identifying patients with cancer who have low levels of protection against SARS-CoV-2, a study suggests.

Nearly half of adolescents who undergo metabolic and bariatric surgery screen positively for alcohol use disorder years after surgery.

Diagnostic accuracy is high in the emergency department, with about 5.7 percent of patients misdiagnosed, according to a report.

The AAP clinical practice guideline for management of well-appearing, febrile infants can help detect invasive bacterial infections without using CRP and PCT with high sensitivity but low specificity.

Individuals with mpox infection ≥14 days after receipt of one JYNNEOS vaccine dose have less hospitalization, fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, and chills compared with unvaccinated individuals.

Researchers sought to identify safe and efficacious antipruritic medications for patients with primary biliary cholangitis.

Researchers investigated the efficacy and safety of 2 formulations of probiotics for adults with functional constipation.