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AAP: Creating safe environment aids recovery from trauma disorders
Child-parent psychotherapy in toddlers and preschool-aged children, and cognitive behavioral therapy in children of preschool age and up, lead to...
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AAP: Treat corporal punishment as a risk factor
The legal definition of what constitutes “reasonable” corporal punishment is contracting, making it more critical than ever to inquire about...
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AAP: Screen for lipids with nonfasting total cholesterol and HDL
Recommendations for universal lipid screening between 9 and 11 years and again between ages 17 and 21 – and selective screening of children with...
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Women Are Not Seeking Care for Urinary Incontinence
Key clinical finding: Be sure to ask women about urinary incontinence.Major finding: There are significant but modifiable barriers to women...
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Mediolateral episiotomy shines in 10-year Netherlands analysis
Key clinical point: The findings reinforce the Dutch practice of favoring mediolateral episiotomies in operative vaginal deliveries as protection...
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Vaginal bowel control device shown safe, effective in pivotal trial
Key clinical finding: A controllable vaginal approach to bowel continence may be useful in the future.Major finding: Almost 80% of 61 patients in...
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Repeat Botox treatments sustain improvements for overactive bladder
Key clinical point: Consider Botox treatments in women with overactive bladder who could not use or did not adequately respond to anticholinergics...
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Pelvic floor disorders prevalent in female triathletes
Key clinical point: Consider stress urinary incontinence and pelvic floor disorders in female triathletes.Major finding: Women training for...
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Bowel prep before vaginal prolapse surgery offers no postop benefit
Key clinical point: Bowel preparation prior to surgery for vaginal prolapse does not improve postoperative bowel function.Major finding: The mean...
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Women are not seeking care for urinary incontinence, and physicians can be a barrier
Key clinical finding: Be sure to ask women about urinary incontinence.Major finding: There are significant but modifiable barriers to women...
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Long-term GDM Risks Remain Susceptible to Intervention
Major finding: Women with a history of GDM who received no intervention for diabetes prevention had a 65% higher risk of developing diabetes at 10...