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By Amy Orciari Herman NEJM Journal Watch Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH Some 4% of U.S. women who gave birth in 2017 said they used marijuana during pregnancy, according to an MMWR report. Among the other findings, based on survey responses from roughly 6000 women in eight states: Nearly 10% reported use before pregnancy, and 5.5% did […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young NEJM Journal Watch Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD Delivering preterm is associated with increased maternal mortality risk 40 years later, suggests a study in The BMJ. Using Swedish registries of 2 million women with singleton deliveries, researchers compared mortality among women who delivered preterm with those who delivered at term (39–41 weeks’ gestation). Overall, […]
Read MoreReviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. News Medical Life Sciences High intensity physical activity in early life might help maximise peak hip strength and prevent osteoporosis in later life, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open from researchers at the University of Bristol. The research, which analysed data from 2,569 participants of the Children of […]
Read MoreSkepticalScalpel.blogspot.com Greg Neal, former CEO of a Bristol, Tennessee hospital, was asked to resign after having been involved in a surgical procedure. He is not a licensed physician. A local newspaper published his statement about what happened. In part, it said: “Recently, at the invitation of a surgeon, I entered an operating room to observe a surgical […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Data from patients with established cardiovascular disease (CVD) can be used to predict their lifetime and 10-year risk of multiple cancers, according to new findings presented at ESC Congress 2020. The study, published in JACC: CardioOncology, focused on prediction models for total cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer. “Estimating individualized probabilities […]
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