Fertility awareness based methods for pregnancy prevention
Fertility awareness based methods of contraception are increasingly being used for pregnancy prevention. In the US, the proportion of contraceptive users who choose such methods has grown from 1% in 2008 to approximately 3% in 2014.
Relative to other methods of pregnancy prevention, however, substantial misinformation exists around fertility awareness based methods of contraception, particularly about the effectiveness of specific methods and how to use them.
Rachel Urrutia, assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the, University of North Carolina, and Chelsea Polis, senior research scientist at the Gu...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - July 13, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Antioxidants for male subfertility
As well as strategies that are focused mainly on the woman, interventions to help couples to become pregnant include some to directly help men who are subfertile and those targeting men where the couple has unexplained subfertility. One of the Cochrane Reviews with this focus on men looks at giving them oral supplementation with antioxidants, and new evidence was added to this in March 2019. We asked Rebecca Mackenzie ‐Proctor from the Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand to bring us to up-to-date. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - June 24, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Effect of Pressure Support vs T-Piece Weaning Strategies on Extubation, RBC Transfusion Mortality By Donor Sex and Pregnancy, USPSTF HIV PrEP Guidelines, and more
Editor's Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the June 11, 2019 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - June 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Interventions for improving outcomes in pregnancies that follow stillbirth
The Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group has produced several hundred reviews on the effects of interventions for women who are pregnant, giving birth or with a newborn baby. They also assess the evidence on how to help after pregnancy loss, and one of their new reviews from December 2018 looks at care during pregnancies following a stillbirth. Lead author, Aleena Wojcieszek from the Mater Research Institute in the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, tells us what they found. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 21, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
OSA and Postop CV Events, EHR Open Record Restrictions and Wrong-Patient Errors, Management of Preexisting Diabetes in Pregnancy, and more
Editor's Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the May 14, 2019 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - May 14, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
IPV Prevention in Pregnant Women, Trends in Sedentary Behavior, Fixing Prescription Drug Pricing, and more
Editor's Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the April 23, 2019 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - April 23, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnancy
Interview with Michael Silverstein, MD, MPH, USPSTF member and coauthor of Screening for Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - April 16, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Inter-pregnancy interval after stillbirth
Annette Regan (A&M University, Houston, USA) discusses an observational study which assesses an appropriate time interval for conception after stillbirth. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - March 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
FDA Drug Safety Podcast: FDA approves label changes for use of general anesthetic and sedation drugs in young children
Listen to an audio podcast of the April 27, 2017 Drug Safety Communication: FDA approves label changes for use of general anesthetic and sedation drugs in young children. FDA is notifying the public that we have approved label changes previously announced in December 2016 regarding the use of general anesthetic and sedation medicines in pregnant women and children younger than 3 years. (Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - February 9, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Source Type: podcasts
FDA Drug Safety Podcast: FDA review results in new warnings about using general anesthetics and sedation drugs in young children and pregnant women
(Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - February 9, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Source Type: podcasts
