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OB/GYN General

Psychologic Distress Linked to Cervical Cancer Mortality

Aug 02, 2019

FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A clinical diagnosis of stress-related disorders or an occurrence of stressful life events around the time of cervical cancer diagnosis is associated with an i...

Compliance With Meds Falters With Age in Youth Born With HIV

Aug 02, 2019

FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV, the prevalence of medication nonadherence and unsuppressed viral load increases with age, according to a study p...

Infant Mortality Rates Highest for Non-Hispanic Blacks

Aug 01, 2019

THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Mortality rates are much higher for infants of non-Hispanic black women than for infants of other race/ethnic groups, according to the Aug. 1 National Vital ...

Trial Tests CRISPR Gene-Editing to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

Jul 31, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. clinical trial of CRISPR gene-editing to treat people with sickle cell disease is underway. The trial seeks to recruit up to 45 adults with severe ...

Moving House in First Trimester Linked to Worse Infant Outcomes

Jul 31, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Moving to a new home in the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for low birth weight and preterm birth, according to a study ...

Preeclampsia History Increases Risk for End-Stage Kidney Disease

Jul 31, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Women with preeclampsia have an increased risk for developing end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), according to a study published online July 30 in PLOS Medici...

Changes in Radial Pulse During Menopause May Reflect CV Risk

Jul 30, 2019

TUESDAY, July 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Changes in the harmonics of the radial pulse wave during menopause may reflect cardiovascular risk, according to a study presented at the American Heart Asso...

CDC: General Fertility Rate, Teen Birth Rate Decreasing in U.S.

Jul 30, 2019

TUESDAY, July 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- From 2017 to 2018, there were decreases in the U.S. general fertility rate and the teen birth rate, according to a July data brief published by the U.S. Cent...

Model Fails to Predict Risk for Maternal ICU Admission

Jul 26, 2019

FRIDAY, July 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A predictive model that uses prenatal risk factors to help identify women at higher risk for admission to the maternal intensive care unit (ICU) has low posit...

Review Supports Testosterone for Low Sexual Desire in Women

Jul 26, 2019

FRIDAY, July 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For postmenopausal women with low sexual desire causing distress, testosterone is an effective treatment, with a preference for nonoral administration, accord...

Exposure to Air Pollution Tied to Raised Odds of NICU Admission

Jul 25, 2019

THURSDAY, July 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Acute exposure to pollutants in the week prior to delivery and day of delivery is associated with increased odds of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admi...

Why We Should Ban the Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos

Jul 24, 2019

Dr. Omar El-Agnaf, Executive Director of Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, argues that regional governments should act swiftly to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide that ca...

Allergan Recalls Textured Breast Implants Linked to Lymphoma

Jul 24, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Allergan's textured breast implants will be recalled due to their link to a rare cancer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. Follow...

Tissue Adhesive, Sterile Strips Similar After Cesarean Section

Jul 24, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- With cesarean deliveries, wound complications are similar for tissue adhesive and sterile strips when used after closure of a Pfannenstiel skin incision, a...

Mediterranean Diet May Reduce Gestational Diabetes Risk

Jul 24, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Following a Mediterranean diet in pregnancy does not reduce the risk for adverse maternal and offspring complications but may reduce the odds of gestationa...

Gender Bias Narratives in Medicine

Jul 23, 2019

“At my interview for residency at a prestigious midwestern university hospital, the chairman asked me if my low grades in a few classes were due to “ chasing boys”. (sic) Then he said as long as...

Neural-Tube Defects Up for Offspring of Women on Dolutegravir

Jul 23, 2019

TUESDAY, July 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For HIV-infected women receiving dolutegravir from the time of conception, 0.3 percent have offspring with neural-tube defects, representing a small but sign...

USPSTF Reaffirms Benefit of Hep B Screening in Pregnant Women

Jul 23, 2019

TUESDAY, July 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening pregnant women for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection at their first prenatal visit (A r...

New ACC/AHA Guidelines Detect More Cases of Gestational Hypertension

Jul 22, 2019

MONDAY, July 22, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Adopting the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for hypertension resulted in an increase in the prevalence of high bloo...

Frequency of Cannabis Use Before, During Pregnancy Increasing

Jul 19, 2019

FRIDAY, July 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- From 2009 to 2017, the frequency of cannabis use in the year before pregnancy and during pregnancy increased, according to a study published online July 19 in...

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