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Potential Mechanism ID’d for Impact of Parity on Pelvic Floor
Parity tied to increased fiber length in more proximal coccygeus, iliococcygeus pelvic floor muscles
Prediabetes Often Undiagnosed in Women With Prior GDM
Screening linked to greater number of health visits in prior year among women with gestational diabetes
Many Medicare Patients Non-Adherent to Antihypertensives
Antihypertensive medication regimens should be made as easy-to-follow as possible
Value-Driven Outcomes Tool Can Cut Health Care Costs
Highest variability in costs identified for post-op infection and sepsis, lowest for organ transplant
Rates of Gestational Diabetes Higher in the Summer Months
Swedish study suggests, but can't prove, that rising temperatures might raise risk
Supervised Exercise Program Doesn’t Cut GDM Recurrence
However, program improves maternal fitness and is linked to reduction in psychological distress
U-Shaped Link for Fish Consumption, Mortality
Women only have increased mortality risk at the highest level of fish consumption
New Anticancer Drugs Up Costs and Life Expectancy Considerably
Lifetime costs up $72,000, life expectancy up 13 months with new drug use in breast cancer
Too Few Diabetes Patients Receiving Statins
Two in five middle-aged patients don't get the medications, despite recommendations to do so
Electroacupuncture Helps Ease Chronic Severe Constipation
Led to symptom relief from chronic severe functional constipation even 12 weeks after treatment
