Adult diseases show up in children, experts warn
Health experts warn that obesity-linked conditions once seen in adults now appear in children. Fatty liver disease, Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and hypertension are rising due to excess calories and poor diets, prompting guidelines for early screening and nutrition education.
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American Academy of Pediatrics
Seema Kumar
Mayo Clinic Children’s Center
James Maciejko
St. John Hospital
Detroit
Maciejko
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Pediatrics Association
Ellen Rome
Cleveland Clinic
Children’s Center For Adolescent Medicine
Lerner College of Medicine
Case
Rome
Immunotherapy offers allergy relief through desensitization injections
A mother details her daughter's extensive food and environmental allergies and how desensitization injections reduced her asthma flare ups. Doctors describe immunotherapy as building immune tolerance with injections or sublingual tablets and drops, noting FDA approved sublingual tablets for ragweed and grass.
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Feeney
Sandra Lin
Department of
Otolaryngology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Lin
Food and Drug Administration
American Academy of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
United States
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