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  • January 14, 2019 9:38 AM | Deleted user

    January 14, 2019, MedPage Today OB/GYN Update 

    All pregnant women should be screened for hepatitis B (HBV) at their first prenatal visit in order to avoid transmitting the disease to their newborns, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reaffirmed.

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  • January 14, 2019 9:34 AM | Deleted user

    January 14, 2019, MedPage Today OB/GYN Update  

    Women who used valproate for seizure control during pregnancy had an increased risk of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in their children, a population-based study in Denmark found. 

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  • January 14, 2019 9:32 AM | Deleted user

    January 14, 2019, MedPage Today OB/GYN Update 

    Adverse birth outcomes were more common in infants born to women with the flu, specifically influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, during pregnancy in the 2009 pandemic year, researchers found. 

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  • January 14, 2019 8:29 AM | Deleted user

    January 14, 2019, AAPA Medical Watch 

    See all the details on the only national PA conference, May 18-22, in Denver. It's your first look at this year's schedule, special events, CME, workshops, and more. Start planning your experience and add your favorite events to your conference scheduler. Not registered yet? You can still get Early Bird rates — and $200 off registration — when you register and book your room in the official AAPA hotel block.

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  • January 10, 2019 9:05 AM | Deleted user

    January 10, 2019, Medscape 

    When it comes to tracking cervical cancer screening rates, studies have shown that patient self-reporting can often paint an overly optimistic picture of compliance. However, a review of medical records in a cohort of 47,000 women in the Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) database (women residing in Olmsted County, Minnesota) indicates that Pap test screening rates could be even worse than previously thought and are "unacceptably low," particularly in the youngest women. 

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  • January 09, 2019 4:28 PM | Deleted user

    January 9, 2019, Infectious Diseases in Children  

    The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released a draft recommendation that pregnant women be screened for hepatitis B virus infection at the first prenatal visit to prevent infection in newborns. 

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  • January 09, 2019 4:26 PM | Deleted user

    January 9, 2019, Endocrine Today  

    Swedish women with Addison's disease are more likely to develop ischemic heart disease than healthy adults or men with the condition, whereas both men and women with the disease were more likely to die of a coronary event vs. healthy controls, study data show.  

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  • January 08, 2019 8:43 AM | Deleted user

    January 8, 2019, HealthDay News via Monthly Prescribing Reference 

    For women with provoked vulvodynia, gabapentin improves sexual function compared with placebo, although overall sexual function is still lower than for pain-free controls, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 

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  • January 07, 2019 8:50 AM | Deleted user

    January 7, 2019, MedPage Today 

    Long-term risk of stroke was lower in women who took aspirin after experiencing preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, a prospective U.S. cohort study found. 

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  • January 04, 2019 9:58 AM | Deleted user

    January 4, 2019, Medpage Today

    Long-term risk of stroke was lower in women who took aspirin after experiencing preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, a prospective U.S. cohort study found. Women with preeclampsia and related disorders who did not use aspirin regularly showed 1.5-fold higher risk of stroke before age 60, compared to women not having a history of such conditions. 

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