Maternal Labor Epidural Analgesia May Be Linked to Autism in Children
Risk increased with labor epidural analgesia alone and labor epidural analgesia and oxytocin compared with no exposure
Women With LVO Acute Ischemic Stroke Less Likely to Be Routed to Stroke Centers
Despite presenting with greater NIHSS score, women were 9 percent less likely to be routed to comprehensive stroke centers
Fetal Mortality Rate 5.73 Per 1,000 Live Births in 2021 in U.S.
Highest fetal mortality rates seen for those younger than 15 years and 40 years and older, those who smoked in pregnancy, those with multiple gestation pregnancies
Twenty Percent With Livebirth Via ART Go on to Conceive Naturally
Data based on systematic review of 11 studies involving 5,180 women
Biological Aging Accelerated With Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment
Radiation has strong positive association with biological aging in analyses examining different breast cancer therapies
Additional Cervical Cancer Screening May Be Linked to Preterm Delivery
Increased risk for preterm delivery seen with one additional recommended screening; risk higher for those with hypertension, diabetes
Prevalence of Hep C-Positive Pregnancies Increased From 1998 to 2018
16-fold increase seen in prevalence of HCV-positive pregnancies, reaching 5.3 cases per 1,000 pregnancies in 2018
Report Quantifies Misdiagnosis of Dangerous Diseases in the United States
Total serious harms extrapolated to affect 795,000 in U.S., with 15 dangerous diseases accounting for half of serious harms
Negligible Risk of Sexual Transmission With Low HIV Viremia
Review shows almost zero risk of sexual transmission when HIV viral loads are less than 1,000 copies/mL
Study Looks at Race-Ethnicity-Gender Disparities in Statin Use
For some race-ethnicity-gender groups, disparities not explained by differences in medical appropriateness of tx, structural factors
