Maternal B12 Levels Impact Children’s Cardiometabolic Health
Specifically, low folate levels seem tied to BMI, heart rate at age 5 years
ASCO Updates Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Tx Guidance
Five assays show sufficient clinical utility, but don't guide specific regimens
Cardiovascular Fitness, Exercise BP Linked to Brain Volume
Poorer CV fitness, greater exercise BP in midlife linked to smaller brain volume 20 years later
Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide for Psychiatric Disorders Examined
Patients are usually women; most have chronic, severe conditions with histories of suicide
Physicians Concerned By Increasing Cost of Generics
Pennsylvania docs call for state- and national-level medical associations to address issue
Rates of BRCA Mutation Testing Increasing in Young Women
Among young women diagnosed with breast cancer, frequency of testing >95 percent in 2013
CDC: Rate of Smoking 8.4 Percent at Any Time During Pregnancy
Highest prevalence for women 20 to 24 years and for non-Hispanic American Indian, Alaska Natives
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
