Most Postpartum Moms OK With Self-Administered Pain Meds
Eighty percent median overall improvement in pain; some users would prefer drug dispensing by nurse
Personal Health Care Spending Continues to Soar in the U.S.
Highest spending on diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and low back and neck pain in 2013
Early Surgery Ups Mortality Risk for Some Endometrial CA Patients
Independent correlation seen for surgery within two weeks after diagnosis and worsened survival
Prior AKI Episode Linked to Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Women with recovered acute kidney injury have higher risk of preeclampsia, adverse fetal outcomes
ASCO Updates Guideline for SNB in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Recommendations on use of sentinel node biopsy are unchanged from 2014
Substance Use Higher Among Patients from LA Versus Tijuana
Prevalence of patients with moderate-to-high use of drugs, alcohol, tobacco higher in Los Angeles
Peripartum Aortic Dissection Risk Factors Examined in Marfan Sx
High risk of aortic dissection, even with tight control of blood pressure and heart rate
Risk of Uterine Fibroids Found to Be Lower in Women Using Statins
For those with fibroids, statins tied to lower risk of some fibroid-related symptoms
Pritelivir Beats Valacyclovir for Genital HSV-2 Shedding
Phase 2 trial shows decline in relative risk of herpes simplex virus shedding over 28 days
ACOG Recommends Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping
Beneficial for most term and preterm infants, with no link to increased postpartum hemorrhage
