Durvalumab-CRT Pairing Disappoints in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- NEW YORK -- An immunotherapy-chemoradiotherapy (CRT) combination did not boost progression-free survival (PFS) in untreated, locally advanced cervical cancer, according to CALLA trial findings.
Newly diagnosed patients who... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - October 2, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Prenatal Steroids May Improve Outcomes in Extremely Preterm Infants
(MedPage Today) -- A complete course of antenatal steroids was associated with higher survival in extremely preterm infants, a cohort study showed.
Among infants born at 22 weeks to less than 24 weeks, 53.9% who had full exposure to antenatal... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - September 28, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Punitive Policies for Substance Use in Pregnancy Tied to Worse Obstetric Care
(MedPage Today) -- Women who lived in states with policies that punished women for substance use during pregnancy received worse prenatal and postpartum care, according to a cross-sectional study.
Patients in states that considered substance use... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - September 19, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Prenatal Cannabis Exposure Tied to Mental Health Problems in Adolescence
(MedPage Today) -- Cannabis exposure during pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of psychopathology into adolescence, especially if exposure continued later into the pregnancy, according to longitudinal findings from the Adolescent Brain... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - September 14, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Mothers in WIC Program Have Better Birth Outcomes, Lower Infant Mortality
(MedPage Today) -- Mothers enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) may experience improved birth outcomes and a lower risk of infant mortality, according to a systematic review.
Women who participated... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - September 6, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Conception With ART Linked to Childhood Cancers
(MedPage Today) -- Children conceived via assisted reproductive technology (ART) may have a higher risk of developing childhood cancers, a Taiwanese population-based cohort study suggested.
Over 14.9 million person-years of follow-up, ART conception... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - August 31, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Moderna Sues Pfizer; Googling for Abortions; Where's the E. Coli?
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Moderna is suing Pfizer/BioNTech, alleging the two companies stole their patented mRNA technology. (NBC News)
A federal appeals court ruled that Arkansas cannot enforce a ban... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - August 26, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Lowering Antenatal Betamethasone Dose Misses in Randomized Trial
(MedPage Today) -- Cutting the dose of antenatal betamethasone in half was not equivalent to full-dose antenatal betamethasone when it came to needing to treat respiratory distress in very preterm infants, findings from the randomized BETADOSE... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - August 23, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Active Treatment for Extremely Preterm Babies on the Rise
(MedPage Today) -- Babies born extremely preterm were more likely to receive active treatment in recent years, but there were gaps in treatment among different racial and ethnic groups, according to a cross-sectional study.
From 2014 to 2020... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - August 17, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Kids' Test Scores Not Hurt by Prenatal Antipsychotic Exposure
(MedPage Today) -- Use of antipsychotics during pregnancy didn't negatively impact a child's intelligence, a register-based cohort study found.
In a comparison of the standardized test scores of over 600,000 Danish schoolchildren, average language... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - August 15, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Serena Williams Saved Her Own Life
(MedPage Today) -- One of the most amazing accomplishments performed by tennis superstar Serena Williams took place off the court, when she saved her own life.
It was in 2017, when Williams had an emergency cesarean section because her baby's... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - August 12, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Mandy Moore's Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
(MedPage Today) -- Actress/singer Mandy Moore is pregnant with her second child, which is due this October. The This is Us co-star recently revealed that she will have an unmedicated birth with this child as she did with her first, a boy named... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - August 10, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Newborns of Disabled Mothers Face Birth Risks
(MedPage Today) -- Newborns of mothers with disabilities were found to be at mildly to moderately increased risk of several birth complications, a cohort study reported.
Infants of mothers with intellectual or development disability were at higher... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - August 8, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Acupuncture May Help Reduce Urinary Incontinence Episodes, Symptoms in Women
(MedPage Today) -- Acupuncture reduced episodes and symptoms of urinary incontinence in women, according to a meta-analysis of 10 clinical studies.
Various forms of acupuncture significantly reduced episodes of stress urinary incontinence (SUI... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - August 5, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Don't Normalize Patients' Period Cramps
(MedPage Today) -- "Periods are supposed to be painful," a patient's mom recently said to me. "She misses school for the first few days of each period. I did too, that's normal."
This is an all too common sentiment shared by many parents, guardians... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - July 31, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
