Daily Archives: May 7, 2019

CDC: 700 Pregnancy-Related Deaths Annually, Most Preventable

Three in five pregnancy-related deaths in US women could be prevented by addressing community, health facility, patient, provider, and system-level factors. Medscape Medical News …read more

Metronidazole Shrinks Endometriosis Via Microbiota (in Mice)

“Our initial goal was to understand how these gut bacteria…might be connected to endometriosis, but…we may have found a cost-effective treatment,” said the senior author of a study in mice. Medscape Medical News …read more

Physicians Often Considered Cost in Treatment Decisions

Physicians often take cost into account when prescribing medications or treatment, yet many are reluctant to initiate a discussion about it with patients, a new survey finds. Medscape Medical News …read more