Higher Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in ‘Healthy’ Obese
Overweight, obesity tied to higher incidence of CKD even in metabolically healthy younger patients
Decrease in Number of New HIV Diagnoses Among Black Women
From 2012 to 2014, increase seen in percentage of black females with early linkage to care
Review: Risks and Benefits for Transvaginal Mesh
Lower rates of awareness of prolapse, reoperation for prolapse; higher rates of de novo incontinence
Auricular Acupressure Helps With Postpartum Insomnia
Improvements seen in sleep quality, latency, duration, and disturbance
Postpartum Hemorrhage Up With Specific Antidepressants
Risk up with exposure to serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors in late pregnancy
CDC Emergency Operations Ctr Moving to Level 1 Activation
EOC moving to Level 1 activation to enhance response to outbreak of Zika virus
Behavioral Interventions Can Cut Inappropriate Antibiotic Use
Significant reductions in rate of inappropriate Rx with accountable justification, peer comparison
Ocular Issues Seen in Some Born With Zika-Linked Microcephaly
Doctors should check these infants for vision problems, researchers say
CDC: Fewer Blacks Consistently Retained in HIV Care
Fewer blacks retained in care compared with other racial/ethnic groups, regardless of sex, transmission
Thyroid Cancer Risk Up Following Breast Cancer and Vice Versa
Review finds odds up for developing thyroid or breast cancer as secondary malignancy after the other
