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NEW ORLEANS (EGMN) Approximately 98% of children with uncontrolled asthma experienced clinically significant improvements on each of three types of step-up therapy, but treatment with long-acting beta-agonists yielded significantly better responses, according to a new study.

Among elderly patients, the need for intensive care during a hospitalization raised mortality risk following discharge, according to a large retrospective study reported in the March 3 issue of JAMA.

Children snack an average of nearly three times each day, most often consuming desserts and sweetened beverages, and more than 27% of their daily calories are coming from snacks, according to a new study.

Nearly one in eight parents in the United States have refused at least one physician-recommended vaccine for their child or children, according to the results of a study published in the April issue of Pediatrics.

CHANDLER, Ariz. (EGMN) Nearly a third of patients with laryngeal cancer who underwent therapy that was designed to preserve their larynx were still alive and cancer free with an intact and functioning larynx 5 years later, French researchers report.

A multisite randomized controlled trial comparing carotid endarterectomy with implantation of a carotid artery stent has shown the more invasive surgical procedure to be the safer and more effective at least in the short term.