Sepsis accounted for a substantial proportion of pregnancy-related deaths in Michigan during an 8-year period. The deaths may have been preventable with better and timelier care. Medscape Medical News …read more
Performance of minimally invasive hysterectomies fell by 4% after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration first warned that using power morcellation to treat uterine fibroids during myomectomy or hysterectomy may pose a risk to patients with a hidden malignancy. Reuters Health Information …read more
There has been a significant increase in survival without major neonatal morbidity for infants born at 25-28 weeks’ gestation in the United States in the past 2 decades, researchers reported online… …read more
Some infants are developing HBV infection despite being vaccinated. Which infants are at risk, and what can be done to prevent HBV infection in these infants? CDC Expert Commentary …read more
Although iron deficiency is the most common nutrient deficiency worldwide, the benefits of screening for iron deficiency have not been well studied. Medscape Medical News …read more
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced, in a recommendation on Sept. 7, that it is unsure whether pregnant… …read more
UCB and Amgen have announced top-line results from the STRUCTURE trial (STudy evaluating effect of RomosozUmab Compared with Teriparatide in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for… …read more
Despite a high rate of STIs and of risky sex practices, researchers saw no new HIV infections among PrEP users in a regular practice setting. Medscape Medical News …read more
Structural differences found in depressed, non-depressed peopleA commonly prescribed antidepressant may alter brain structures in depressed and non-depressed individuals in very different ways… …read more
The US General Accountability Office will study how the FDA came to warn against using the devices for removing uterine fibroids in most women in April 2014. Medscape Medical News …read more