Among children with obstructive sleep-disordered breathing, the proportion that achieved symptom resolution did not differ based on treatment with intranasal steroid vs. saline, according to data published in JAMA Pediatrics.
“We found that a simple saline nasal spray (salt water) is just as effective as steroid nasal spray at helping many children breathe and sleep better, potentially avoiding the need for surgery and specialist care,” Gillian M. Nixon, MD, pediatric respiratory and sleep specialist at Monash Children’s Hospital and adjunct clinical professor at Monash University, told

After a guideline change recommending allergenic food introduction at age 4 to 6 months, the likelihood for emergency room visits for a food-induced reaction went up among infants, according to study data.
Notably, infant feeding guidelines started recommending this in 2017, and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology made this recommendation in 2021, according to the study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global.
“This study emphasizes the importance of proper anticipatory guidance following the change in early introduction guidelines,” Aaron Chin,

An electronic health record-integrated AI agent developed to improve patient education on prostate cancer with personalized and accurate information received high clinician grades for correctness, completeness and safety.
Participants also reported substantially improved health confidence after using MedEduChat.
The results “astonished” the study’s senior author, Wei Liu, PhD, professor of radiation oncology andresearch director for the division of medical physics at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, and co-lead of Workstream in Data Science, AI, and Large Language Models of Mayo Clinic Comprehensive