May 14th 2024
Explore the latest findings revealing vaccination rates among children aged 9 to 17 years, uncovering demographic disparities and highlighting the crucial role of vaccination in combating human papillomavirus infections and related health risks.
23rd Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer® East
July 19-20, 2024
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15th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies™
May 11, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: 14th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies
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4th Annual International Congress on the Future of Women’s Health™
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Exploring Unmet Needs In Postpartum Depression – Making the Case for Early Detection and Novel Treatments
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Identifying Health Care Inequities in Screening, Diagnosis, and Trial Access for Breast Cancer Care: Taking Action With Evidence-Based Solutions
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FDA, CDC opens investigation into cronobacter and salmonella complaints in infant formula
February 22nd 2022The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) are looking into 4 complaints about illness linked to Abbott Nutrition formula produced in a Michigan factory.
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The role of the pediatric provider in supporting gender-diverse youth
June 10th 2021Pediatricians, adolescent medicine physicians, and other youth providers can play a crucial role in mitigating this risk by supporting SMGD youth and their families and promoting resilience through inclusive and clinically, culturally competent care.
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Sex education to improve sexual health outcomes for Latinx teens
June 17th 2020The type and depth of sex education can vary, depending on the form (e.g., comprehensive vs. abstinence only), and other societal and cultural influences. For many teenagers, including Latinx, this could lead to negative sexual health outcomes.
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Zika screening: Is looking for microcephaly enough?
July 20th 2016A look at Brazilian Zika virus cases indicates that looking for just microcephaly may cause doctors to miss cases of congenital Zika virus infection. Plus: Why do women fare worse following cardiac arrest than their male counterparts?
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New evidence for cancer-related benefit of breastfeeding in African-Americans
October 2nd 2014According to a recent study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the evidence continues to mount for an association between breastfeeding and reduced risk of aggressive breast cancers in African-American women.
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Eating disorders in adolescents and young adult women: Implications for reproductive health
March 1st 2014Eating disorders develop in vulnerable individuals from an interplay of genetics and a host of personality and sociocultural factors. Healthcare providers should be mindful of red flags for eating disorders in adolescents and young women.
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Are postpartum depression and childhood growth linked?
September 20th 2012A longitudinal study of more than 10,000 children born in the United States suggests that maternal depressive symptoms are connected to growth patterns in preschool- and school-aged children. The research, by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, underscores the importance of prevention, early detection, and treatment of depression in the first year postpartum.
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Prenatal pesticide agent exposure causes childhood cough
September 14th 2012Children exposed in the womb to the commonly used pesticide bolstering agent piperonyl butoxide (PBO) are more likely to suffer from a noninfectious cough at ages 5 to 6 years than those with no such prenatal exposure, according to researchers from the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the Mailman School of Public Health and of Columbia University Medical Center.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality seeks data defining quality children's healthcare
March 1st 2010For the first time, AHRQ is moving to designate data to be collected to establish a core set of quality indicators of children's healthcare under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
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Grand Rounds: Is it precocious puberty? Should you refer?
March 1st 2007True precocious puberty differs from premature adrenarche and premature thelarche. Understanding normal sexual development and these common variants will help ob/gyns make the correct diagnosis and appropriate referrals.
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Nuchal thickening alone not linked to adverse outcome if...
March 1st 2007Children who had nuchal translucency thickening during the first trimester, but a normal karyotype and no structural abnormalities, are clinically and developmentally normal during the first 2 years of life, according to a study in the January issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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Singletons don't outsmart twins
February 1st 2007Contrary to findings of studies using older cohorts of twins, a new follow-up study of Danish twins born during the late 1980s finds their academic performance by the teen years to be similar to that of singletons, and that birthweight, unless in the very low range, has minimal effect on school achievement.
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Ob/gyn complications of celiac disease
February 1st 2007Half of all adults with this autoimmune disorder don't have the classic GI symptoms, which include bloating and diarrhea. So should you screen women with otherwise unexplained infertility for it? Other ob/gyn complications in women with celiac disease include miscarriage, iron deficiency anemia, and IUGR.
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Cigarette smoking and HPV: a deadly combination
February 1st 2007Women who smoke cigarettes and who are infected with high levels of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) increase their risk of cervical cancer as much as 27-fold, according to a Swedish study, which is one of the largest to date on the subject.
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Increasing accountability for 'never events'
February 1st 2007The Leapfrog Group, a national coalition of large health-care purchasers, is asking hospitals and their staffs to agree to be held accountable for events that "occur rarely, are clearly identifiable, largely preventable, have serious consequences, and should never happen," reported Medical Economics (12/15/2006). These so-called "never events" include leaving a foreign object in a patient or discharging an infant to the wrong parents.
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Fish oil in pregnancy may improve toddler hand coordination
February 1st 2007Children born to women who take fish oil supplements during late pregnancy have better eye/hand coordination at age 2 to 3 years than their counterparts whose mothers did not take the supplements, according to a study published online Dec. 21 in the Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition.
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