Smart Syringe Pumps Can Err at Low Flow Rates, FDA Warns
The agency outlines precautions clinicians should take to avoid irregular flow patterns of high-risk, life-sustaining therapies that can endanger patients. News Alerts …read more
Mental stress may cause reduced blood flow in hearts of young women with heart disease
Younger women with coronary heart disease and mental stress are more susceptible to myocardial ischemia (reduced blood flow to the heart muscle, which can lead to a heart attack), compared to men… …read more
Zika virus persists in serum for more than 2 months in newborns
Zika virus infections can persist for more than 2 months after birth in congenitally infected infants, indicating that viral shedding of Zika can take several weeks, according to an Aug. 24, 2016… …read more
Zika virus persists in serum for more than 2 months in newborns
Zika virus infections can persist for more than 2 months after birth in congenitally infected infants, indicating that viral shedding of Zika can take several weeks, according to an Aug. 24, 2016… …read more
Risk for Breast Cancer With HRT Higher Than Thought?
Hormone replacement therapy with a combination of estrogen and progestogen triples the risk for breast cancer, a new study concludes. Medscape Medical News …read more
U.S. breastfeeding rates rise for newborns
More than 80% of mothers in the United States started breastfeeding their infants at birth in 2013, 52% were breastfeeding at 6 months, and 30% were breastfeeding at 12 months, according to a… …read more
U.S. breastfeeding rates rise for newborns
More than 80% of mothers in the United States started breastfeeding their infants at birth in 2013, 52% were breastfeeding at 6 months, and 30% were breastfeeding at 12 months, according to a… …read more
What’s the Best Way to Manage Nontubal Ectopic Pregnancies?
Dr Peter Kovacs reviews a case series of nontubal ectopic pregnancies that were treated at a large tertiary hospital. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
Zika virus pits pregnant women against time, knowledge gaps
ANNAPOLIS, MD. – The scramble to learn exactly how and when after infection the Zika virus affects the developing fetus, has put pregnant women at the center of an unprecedented infectious disease… …read more
Zika virus pits pregnant women against time, knowledge gaps
ANNAPOLIS, MD. – The scramble to learn exactly how and when after infection the Zika virus affects the developing fetus, has put pregnant women at the center of an unprecedented infectious disease… …read more