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By Amy Orciari Herman For women with pregnancies post-term, labor induction at 41 weeks’ gestation may be safer than waiting another week, according to a study in The BMJ. Nearly 2800 women with low-risk singleton pregnancies at roughly 41 weeks’ gestation were randomized to either labor induction within 24 hours, or expectant management with induction at […]
Read MoreHealthDay News Liver injury episodes due to kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) are increasing in the United States, and chemical analysis can confirm the presence of this botanical in herbal and dietary supplements linked to cases of severe liver injury, according to a case series study presented at The Liver Meeting, the annual meeting of the American […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kelly Young Nearly one out of every two U.S. adults will be obese by 2030, and nearly one in four will be severely obese, according to new estimates published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers used 1993–2016 data on 6.3 million U.S. adults who participated in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS Acupuncture may help ease pain in patients with cancer, according to a meta-analysis in JAMA Oncology. Researchers analyzed 14 randomized trials comparing acupuncture or acupressure with control therapies (placebo, sham acupuncture, analgesics, usual care) in over 900 cancer patients. Compared with sham acupuncture, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Alice Emery Romper No one plans on vomiting during labor. No, most of us like to picture ourselves with our hair in a messy but becoming top knot, waterproof mascara applied, with perhaps a slight sweaty sheen (i.e glow) to our cheeks. But the truth? Some of us may hurl. And getting an epidural if you’re vomiting honestly […]
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