Complementary Infant Feeding Guidelines May Lead to Overfeeding
Halving breast milk, feeding per guideline resulted in overweight between 9 and 11 months for three guidelines
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Psychologic Distress Linked to Cervical Cancer Mortality
Risk up with diagnosis of stress-related disorders or an occurrence of stressful life events around diagnosis
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Compliance With Meds Falters With Age in Youth Born With HIV
Prevalence of nonadherence increased from preadolescence to late adolescence/young adulthood
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Infant Mortality Rates Highest for Non-Hispanic Blacks
Infant mortality rate higher for infants of non-Hispanic black versus non-Hispanic white, Asian, Hispanic women
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Trial Tests CRISPR Gene-Editing to Treat Sickle Cell Disease
Study seeks to recruit up to 45 adults with severe sickle cell disease
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Moving House in First Trimester Linked to Worse Infant Outcomes
Residence change linked to low birth weight and preterm birth in all socioeconomic strata
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Preeclampsia History Increases Risk for End-Stage Kidney Disease
ESKD risk highest for women with preterm preeclampsia and/or preeclampsia in two pregnancies
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Changes in Radial Pulse During Menopause May Reflect CV Risk
Age and body mass index, but not menopause, have significant, independent effects on systolic BP
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CDC: General Fertility Rate, Teen Birth Rate Decreasing in U.S.
However, from 2017 to 2018, increase seen in percentage of births delivered preterm and early term
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Model Fails to Predict Risk for Maternal ICU Admission
Model intended to predict admission to maternal ICU based on cumulative effect of multiple risk factors
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Review Supports Testosterone for Low Sexual Desire in Women
Beneficial effects for postmenopausal women, with preference for nonoral testosterone administration
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Exposure to Air Pollution Tied to Raised Odds of NICU Admission
Acute exposure during week prior to delivery, day of and day prior to delivery may up odds of admission
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Why We Should Ban the Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
Dr. Omar El-Agnaf, Executive Director of Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa...
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Allergan Recalls Textured Breast Implants Linked to Lymphoma
FDA requested recall to protect women from breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma
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Tissue Adhesive, Sterile Strips Similar After Cesarean Section
No difference seen between groups in risk for wound complications after closure of Pfannenstiel incision
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Mediterranean Diet May Reduce Gestational Diabetes Risk
But no reduction seen in risk for adverse composite maternal, offspring complications with Med diet
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Gender Bias Narratives in Medicine
“At my interview for residency at a prestigious midwestern university hospital, the chairman asked...
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Neural-Tube Defects Up for Offspring of Women on Dolutegravir
Prevalence of neural-tube defects with dolutegravir higher than with other antiretroviral tx
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USPSTF Reaffirms Benefit of Hep B Screening in Pregnant Women
USPSTF continues to recommend screening for HBV infection in pregnant women at the first prenatal visit
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New ACC/AHA Guidelines Detect More Cases of Gestational Hypertension
Applying new hypertension guidelines to pregnant women increased prevalence of high blood pressure
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