Non-prescribed ketamine use and associated adverse effects are rising in the UK, including among under-18s,1 2 with 8.4% in treatment now reporting ketamine use.3 Rising ketamine-related referrals led...

Administration of parenteral nutrition without a filter has been associated with a number of adverse incidents including an embolism which resulted in a fatal outcome.

Children have distinct therapeutic needs arising from age-dependent physiology, disease epidemiology, formulation requirements, dosing considerations, and safety vulnerabilities. Despite substantial ...

MHRA advises parents and carers against using rectal catheters sold for personal use (known as gas and colic relievers) in babies.

Medicines and medical devices regulator issues health advice for teens off to university.

Background Electric-scooters (e-scooters) are popular worldwide although there are concerns about their regulation and safety. Since 2019, 59 deaths have been reported in the UK involving e-scooters; ...

Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) research has long emphasized maternal pregnancy behaviors as key determinants of child health. In this Perspective, Alice Rhiannon Lee and colleague...

One in three children in the UK lives in relative poverty. There are clear and consistent links between child poverty and paediatric morbidity and mortality. In this review, we discuss drivers for fam...

As with any medicine, the MHRA will keep the safety and effectiveness of the adrenaline nasal spray under close review.

The MHRA has limited the use of nasal decongestant sprays containing xylometazoline and oxymetazoline to a maximum of five days due to side effects of prolonged use.

As use cases for long-acting therapeutics expand across clinical indications, there is a critical need to ensure the inclusion of women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, infants and children—populat...

Background Plasma amino acid (AA) profiles in parenteral nutrition (PN)–dependent very preterm infants (VPIs) consistently show overprovision of essential AA (EAA) and arginine deficiency. This may ...

IntroductionThe administration of medicines to children poses distinct challenges, largely due to the limited availability of authorised, commercially availa...

Education is a fundamental right that drives personal, social and economic growth. For many children and young people this is delivered through attending school. Regular school attendance supports a c...