Daily Archives: July 28, 2015

Report documents unmet need for expanded family planning services at CHCs

As part of a unique survey of nearly 2,000 women of childbearing age who receive health care at the nation’s community health centers, 90 percent reported that they were not actively seeking to… …read more

Home births lead to higher infant mortality at least for mothers living in poorer areas

Dutch mothers in poorer areas at riskHome births lead to higher infant mortality than hospital births, at least for mothers living in poorer areas. …read more

In mice, experimental drug treatment for Rett syndrome suggests the disorder is reversible

A team at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has developed a strikingly new approach for treating Rett syndrome, a devastating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that affects 1 in 10,000 people in the… …read more