OB/GYN General
Sep 27, 2018
We recently caught up with Meghan Azad, PhD (MA), and Annika Klopp, MD (AK), to discuss their study on infant feeding and the risk of childhood asthma, published in the Journal of Pediatrics. ...
Sep 26, 2018
Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), an obligate intracellular bacterium that is the causative agent of chlamydia, invades and replicates within epithelial cells of the eye, pharynx, urogenital tract, and rect...
Sep 17, 2018
A system-level approach can improve the uptake of preventive therapy among women at risk for breast cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines recommend that ...
Jun 20, 2018
New research was presented at ASM Microbe 2018, the combined meeting of the American Society for Microbiology annual meeting and the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, f...
Jun 19, 2018
Obesity and overweight affect more than two-thirds of adult Americans, increasing their risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers. The estimated annual medical cost of obesi...
Jun 13, 2018
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Older women with higher levels of anxiety than their peers are also more likely to develop poor bone health that increases the risk of ...
May 22, 2018
Kenilworth, N.J., May 22, 2018 – Trusted by doctors and other healthcare professionals for more than a century, The Merck Manual, now published in its 20th Edition, offers readers the tactile sati...
May 14, 2018
MONDAY, May 14, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Anxiety levels are associated with bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture risk in the lumbar spine and femoral neck among postmenopausal women, according to a...
Apr 19, 2018
The following was originally posted to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases Blog. April is Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Awareness month ...
Mar 30, 2018
Recent research on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of bacterial vaginosis (BV) reveals a growing frustration among women affected by this infection. Affecting over 21 million women annually, ...
Mar 16, 2018
A Baylor College of Medicine study from 2017 found that women who deliver on the weekends – and their babies – are more likely to suffer poor outcomes. Although the increased risk of death for ...
Mar 13, 2018
Physicians play an important role in helping their pregnant patients make informed health choices, especially when it comes to taking medications safely. To assist physicians and other prescribers ...
Mar 05, 2018
The 2017-18 influenza season peaked in early February and is now on the decline, according to a data published by the CDC March 3rd. Here are some summary points. The percentage of outpatient vis...
Feb 22, 2018
Findings from recently published studies, including the LEAP study, have led to rapid acceptance of the introduction of peanuts during the first year of life. “This new philosophy is reflected in re...
Feb 16, 2018
Despite increases in recent years, adolescent immunization rates in the United States fall short of Healthy People 2020 goals for several routinely recommended vaccines, leaving millions of teenagers ...
Feb 08, 2018
We’ve been living in a MACRA world for some time now, and yet most physicians still aren’t ready—or even close to ready—for this new reality. As if physicians weren’t already drowning in ...
Feb 08, 2018
The transformation to value-based care has placed tremendous focus on delivery of care as it relates to improving patient outcomes, quality, and safety. And for good reason; improved discharge protoco...
Feb 08, 2018
Nationally recognized and highly regarded health systems have a variety of ways to expand the reach of their “special sauce.” For some, it’s to launch outpatient centers in the suburbs. For othe...