The latest guidelines from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommend against screening all individuals for depression during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. Medscape Medical News …read more
Women who treated their rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy with a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor gave birth to infants with higher birth weights, without a higher risk of adverse outcomes. Medscape Medical News …read more
Researchers find that a month after infection only 74% of patients globally reported smell recovery and 79% of patients reported taste recovery. Medscape Medical News …read more
Vitamin D supplementation did not significantly lower the risk of nonvertebral, hip, or incident total fractures in an ancillary study of the Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL). Medscape Medical News …read more
Guaranteeing the right to terminate a pregnancy voluntarily is also guaranteeing the health and safety of women, says a physician. Guaranteeing this right thus remains a public health imperative. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
Physicians can take advantage of simpler protocols and changes in dispensing regulations, although many barriers remain. Medscape Medical News …read more
Developing an intranasal COVID vaccine is among the ideas scientists are testing to keep ahead of an evolving virus. Medscape Medical News …read more
As the number of monkeypox cases keeps growing, a discussion has opened on whether it should be considered a sexually transmitted disease, like herpes, gonorrhea, or HIV. WebMD Health News …read more
Hormone therapy did not increase mortality in postmenopausal women treated for early-stage estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer, but there was a recurrence risk with vaginal estrogen therapy. MDedge News …read more
Pregnant women who caught COVID in the first two trimesters were not significantly more likely to have a preterm birth. Infection was not associated with abnormally low birth rates or pregnancy loss. MDedge News …read more