Preventive Care
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Product pipeline promising for STI, pregnancy prevention
The one-size-fits-all SILCS diaphragm, which is made of silicone and is sold under the brand name Caya diaphragm, has been approved for use in...
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Evidence links common endocrine-disrupting chemicals to obesity, diabetes, reproductive disorders
So-called endocrine-disrupting chemicals have become so common, according to the Washington-based Endocrine Society, that nearly every human alive...
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EASD: Pre-pregnancy weight, not gestational gain, affects later diabetes risk
Women had a more than six-fold increased risk of developing diabetes more than a decade after they gave birth if they were overweight or obese at...
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USPSTF guideline: Tell smokers to stop, and provide cessation aids
Combinations of behavioral counseling and pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation were most effective.
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Pregnancy complications predict mother’s premature CVD death
Mothers who had both preexisting hypertension and a preterm delivery were at sevenfold-higher risk of premature CVD death.
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Early-maturing girls are at higher risk for alcohol abuse
Adolescent girls who reached puberty early and had inadequate parental supervision began drinking alcohol earlier and getting drunk sooner than...
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VIDEO: CDC urges flu shots for all eligible patients
The CDC and National Foundation of Infectious Diseases hosted a press conference to talk about the important of getting influenza vaccinations for...
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New cancer cases to reach nearly 2.4 million in 2035 – AACR
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ICEID: Data highlight biofilm role in waterborne illness
Emerging biofilm-associated pathogens are overtaking those transmitted by the fecal-oral route as the most-common cause of death from waterborne...
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Older women have older hearts
In the first study offering population-level estimates of heart age, women in the oldest age group, 60-74 years, had older hearts than did men of...