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OB/GYN General

Prophylactic Antibiotic Cuts Infection Risk After Operative Vaginal Birth

May 14, 2019

TUESDAY, May 14, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A single dose of a prophylactic antibiotic is beneficial after operative vaginal birth and reduces the risk for confirmed or suspected maternal infection, acc...

Some Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies More Cost-Effective

May 14, 2019

TUESDAY, May 14, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A cervical cancer screening strategy that involves cytologic testing every three years from ages 21 to 29 years and then continuing cytologic testing or switc...

Gestational Weight Gain Weak Predictor of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

May 14, 2019

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Optimal gestational weight gain has limited predictive value for adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to research published in the May 7 issue of the Journa...

Quitting Smoking While Pregnant Tied to Reduced Risk for Preterm Birth

May 14, 2019

TUESDAY, May 14, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Quitting smoking, especially early in pregnancy, is associated with a reduced risk for preterm birth, even for high-frequency cigarette smokers, according to ...

Tool Predicts Seizure Risk During, After Pregnancy

May 14, 2019

TUESDAY, May 14, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A prognostic model can predict the risk for seizures in pregnant women with epilepsy on medication, according to a study published online May 13 in PLOS Medic...

Antibiotics after assisted births could stop thousands of infections

May 13, 2019

LONDON (Reuters) - Giving a single dose of antibiotics to mothers who have a medically assisted birth using forceps or vacuum could prevent almost half of maternal infections, researche...

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, May 3-6

May 13, 2019

The 67th Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists The annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists was held from May 3 to 6 in N...

Alabama Senate delays vote on strict anti-abortion bill

May 09, 2019

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Alabama's state Senate on Thursday delayed until next week a vote on the strictest abortion bill in the United States after disagreement arose...

UnitedHealthcare aims to cut maternity care costs with new program

May 09, 2019

(Reuters) - UnitedHealthcare Group said on Thursday it had launched a new program to cut maternity costs under which partner hospitals would be paid a fixed rate for care during and aft...

Mammo-Based Deep Learning Model Assesses Breast Cancer Risk

May 09, 2019

THURSDAY, May 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Mammography-based deep learning (DL) breast cancer risk models are more accurate than models that consider traditional risk factors and breast density, accord...

Progesterone Offers No Benefit for Bleeding in Early Pregnancy

May 09, 2019

THURSDAY, May 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For women with bleeding in early pregnancy, progesterone therapy administered during the first trimester does not result in significantly more live births, ac...

Nut Intake in First Trimester May Benefit Child Neurodevelopment

May 09, 2019

THURSDAY, May 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Nut intake during the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with long-term child neuropsychological development, according to a study published online Ma...

Progesterone only prevents miscarriage in women with history of pregnancy loss

May 08, 2019

By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) - Giving progesterone to women with bleeding early in pregnancy doesn't prevent pregnancy loss, except among women who have had a previous m...

NHFOV Superior for Preventing Reintubation of Preemies

May 08, 2019

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Nasal high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (NHFOV) reduces reintubation by more than 50 percent in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)...

Gestational Weight Gain Weak Predictor of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

May 08, 2019

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Optimal gestational weight gain has limited predictive value for adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to research published in the May 7 issue of the Journa...

Neonatal Morbidity Increased for Apgar Scores 7, 8, and 9

May 08, 2019

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Apgar scores of 7, 8, and 9 are associated with an increased risk for neonatal morbidity and mortality among term infants, according to a study published onl...

Pregnancy-related deaths, mostly preventable, occur up to a year after birth: CDC

May 07, 2019

By Gabriella Borter NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some 700 women in the United States die from pregnancy-related complications each year, up to a year after giving birth, and the d...

New Lesions ID'd on Breast MRI During Treatment Likely Benign

May 07, 2019

TUESDAY, May 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations with new suspicious findings...

CDC: Pregnancy-Related Deaths Occur Before, During, Postpartum

May 07, 2019

TUESDAY, May 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy-related deaths occur during pregnancy, on the day of delivery, and in the year postpartum, and more than half are determined to be preventable, accor...

Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders Reliable in Toddler Years

May 06, 2019

MONDAY, May 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has high diagnostic stability, with stable diagnosis starting at 14 months of age, according to a study published online April 29...

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