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Does racial bias taint the Apgar score?
Critics say the score’s skin component disadvantages neonates of color.
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Pharmacotherapy underprescribed for alcohol use disorder
Hospitalizations are an underutilized opportunity to engage patients with appropriate treatment, including initiation of medications for alcohol...
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Combo treatment eases nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
Some women have such severe nausea they are literally starving and so weak they are bedridden or even hospitalized.
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Hormone therapies still ‘most effective’ in treating menopausal vasomotor symptoms
Clinicians should individualize menopause care to each patient.
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How has cannabis legalization affected pregnant mothers?
“People who use cannabis during pregnancy often state that it was used to manage challenging symptoms of pregnancy such as morning sickness,” said...
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Medicaid patients with heart failure get poor follow-up after hospital discharge
Both structural racism and problems with access are likely behind the low rates of follow-up care.
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ChatGPT bot flunks gastroenterology exam
“Based on our research, ChatGPT should not be used for medical education in gastroenterology at this time, and it has a way to go before it should...
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Coronary artery calcium score bests polygenic risk score in CHD prediction
The use of CT to measure coronary calcium score in patients who are at intermediate risk for heart disease can be helpful in refining risk...
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Diagnosis by dog: Canines detect COVID in schoolchildren with no symptoms
In medical terms, the dogs achieved a greater than 95% accuracy on two important measures of effectiveness: sensitivity – a test’s ability to...
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Self-fitted and audiologist-fitted hearing aids equal for mild to moderate hearing loss
The new category of self-fitting hearing aids opens up new care pathways for people with mild to moderate hearing loss.
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IUD-released levonorgestrel eases heavy menstrual periods
Levonorgestrel 52 mg delivered via an intrauterine device reduced monthly blood loss by more than 90% over six monthly cycles.
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Risk of expulsion low after early postpartum IUD placement
The early postpartum period 2-4 weeks after birth has the advantage of convenience since it coincides with early-postpartum or well-baby visits....
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Ectopic pregnancy risk and levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs
The hormone content in levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs must be high enough to maintain optimal contraceptive effect but sufficiently low to minimize...
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Neonatal bilirubin meters need better accuracy
The devices’ imprecision limits their widespread use in neonatal jaundice management, especially when accurate lab-based bilirubin quantification...
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Human and nonhuman milk products have similar effect on preemies’ gut microbiota
The findings suggest that the clinical effect of human milk–derived products is not modulated via microbiomic mechanisms.