Preventive Care
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Maternal perinatal mortality: A pediatric issue
Asking the mother how she is feeling in the days to weeks after birth should not just be a social nicety but rather an additional check for...
Conference Coverage
Greater fracture risk reduction seen with denosumab vs. zoledronic acid in postmenopausal women
The analysis took extra pains to remove bias through data that might be linked to potential confounders but could not reasonably be attributed to...
Conference Coverage
Lack of time is damaging women’s health
The one thing that is especially damaging to physical and mental health is sleep deprivation, and working mothers get less sleep than do working...
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Biomarkers may help women with RA to decide on medications in pregnancy
Researchers find differences in gene expression before pregnancy that could help women with rheumatoid arthritis choose to stop or continue...
Conference Coverage
New RSV vaccine will cut hospitalizations, study shows
With widespread use of the vaccine, annual hospitalizations resulting from infant RSV would fall by 51%, emergency department encounters would...
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What the first authorized DNA cancer risk test can and can’t tell you
The test can identify genetic variants that increase an individual’s risk of certain cancers and help identify potential cancer-related hereditary...
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Young women rate top sources for STI self-testing
Additional data from in-depth interviews tagged Instagram as an option to provide information on direct-to-consumer STI tests.
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This is how you get patients back for follow-up cancer testing
“What concerns me is that despite the various interventions implemented to encourage and support patients to return for follow-up testing, over 60...
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Maternal pertussis vax effective for infants in most vulnerable months
Large study also helps answer questions on duration of effectiveness and the potential “blunting” effect in infants.
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How exercise boosts the body’s ability to prevent cancer
“People don’t adhere to vague lifestyle advice like ‘just exercise.’ We wanted to link a specific biologic effect to a very concrete intervention...
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USPSTF should reconsider recommendation to lower mammogram age: Experts
The benefit is arguably small, while the harms appear quite significant.