Urgent need for anti-smoking campaigns to continue after pregnancy
Credit: Unsplash / CC0 Public Domain Curtin University research has found that support for mothers to quit smoking should continue even after the birth of their first babies, as many of these women will become pregnant again and that quitting smoking can reduce substantially the risk of future premature births. He longitudinal study examined the […]
Do you want to get pregnant? First check your risk of heart disease
Credit: public domain CC0 A new Northwestern Medicine study reports that a woman’s heart health before becoming pregnant is strongly related to the likelihood of having complications during pregnancy or childbirth. The study examined the presence of four cardiovascular risk factors in women before becoming pregnant: smoking, unhealthy body weight, hypertension and diabetes. With the […]
More than 1.5 million children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Unsplash / CC0 Public Domain According to a study published today, it is estimated that more than 1.5 million children worldwide have lost at least one of the parents, grandparents or grandparents who lived with them due to COVID-19-related death during the early 14 months of the pandemic. inside The Lancet. The study highlights […]
The virus has caused a “furious forest fire” in Arkansas
Credit: Pixabay / CC0 Public Domain Public health researchers on Tuesday described the rapid rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Arkansas as a “forest fire,” and the state’s top health official warned he expects major outbreaks in schools. He model of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Fay W. Boozman College of […]
75% of sexual assault survivors have PTSD a month later
Researchers want survivors of sexual assault to know that it is normal to feel terrible right after the assault, but that many will feel better within three months. In a meta-analysis published in Trauma, violence and abuse, the researchers found that 81% of survivors of sexual assault had significant symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) […]
Healthcare providers are missing opportunities to talk about sexual health with young people
Routine preventive visits by teens offer important opportunities to promote sexual and reproductive health and to prevent unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. A new study published in Pediatrics—Leaders from the University of Minnesota — found that most teens and theirs pairs considered Health important discussions about providers of care about puberty, sexually transmitted infections, […]
The medical organization describes the processes for ensuring diversity in leadership
Credit: public domain CC0 According to a special article by the organization responsible for certifying the training and skills of American urologists, achieving and maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion is more than a “numbers game”. Urology Practice, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). In the new article, the American Board of Urology […]
New findings reveal how acute myeloid leukemia walks between growth and cell death
Bone marrow aspirate with acute myeloid leukemia. Several explosions have Auer rods. Credit: Wikipedia Researchers have revealed new ideas about how acute myeloid leukemia (AML) develops and progresses, according to a study published in Molecular cell on July 20, 2021. They describe a mechanism by which AML cells regulate a cancer-related protein, mutant IDH2, to […]
The study refutes the suspicion that dengue increases the risk of microcephaly associated with Zika
The researchers compared data from pregnant women in Rio de Janeiro and Manaus who were infected with the zika virus in 2015-16. Factors influencing the risk of fetal malformation were the high rate of zika attack in the area and infection during the first trimester of pregnancy. Credit: TV Brazil A pregnant woman infected with […]
The impact of the June 2021 heat wave on ED visits was explored
(HealthDay): The impact of the June 2021 heat wave on visits by the heat-related emergency department is addressed in a report published in the July 16 issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Weekly morbidity and mortality report. Paul J. Schramm, MPH, of the Atlanta CDC, and colleagues analyzed […]
