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For moms with highest levels of morning caffeine intake, at age 7-8 their children were about ½ to 1 inch shorter compared with mothers with no or lower caffeine intake.

The extra calories and lower physical activity of modern culture are yielding higher rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other illnesses. Evidence is mounting that intermittent fasting may help reverse these trends. This neuroscientist brings 25 of studying intermittent fasting to explain why and how it works, and what your patients’ options are.

Among more than 200 adolescents 12 to 18 years of age over a 68-week period, nearly 75% of those in the treatment group experienced weight loss of > 5%, compared with only about 15% of those with placebo plus lifestyle intervention. GI adverse events were more common in the treatment group.

Eighty-eight children ages 6 through 12 were randomized to daily pine bark extract, methylphenidate, or placebo for 10 weeks. Total ADHD-Rating Scales scores decreased 29% with pine bark extract, 45% with methylphenidate, and 5% with placebo. Hyperactivity/impulsivity decreased 34% with pine bark extract and 36% with methylphenidate and increased 1% with placebo. Inattention decreased 25% with pine bark extract, 52% with methylphenidate, 9% with placebo. Adverse events were reported 5 times more frequently with methylphenidate than with pine bark.

Amar Gajjar, MD, who serves as the co-chair of the oncology department and chair of the pediatric medicine department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, answers questions from our friends at Cancer Therapy Advisor. Proton therapy, conventional chemotherapy, targeted therapies, and observed glioma progression are all topics covered by Dr. Gajjar when talking about treatment options for pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGG) that have relapsed or progressed.

In the US, reports of COVID-related clots have declined. But social media posts in the UK indicate a rise there – and typically what the UK reports is a harbinger of what is coming to the US.