CDC: 10 Percent of U.S. Women Consume Alcohol While Pregnant
And 3 percent binge drink while expecting
Adding Benign Breast Dz to Risk Model May Boost Preventive Care
Found to increase the number of high-risk women deemed eligible for primary prevention
No Link for Coffee Consumption and Atrial Fibrillation
True even among those with the highest levels of coffee consumption
Fewer Multiple Embryos With Femara in Unexplained Infertility
But also lower frequency of live birth, compared with gonadotropin
CDC Estimates HIV Prevalence in U.S. Adults From ’07 to ’12
Prevalence estimated at 0.39 percent; 51.9 percent of HIV-infected on antiretroviral tx
Preoperative Breast MRI Use Increased From 2003 to 2012
Eight-fold increase during 10-year period; MRI use linked to more ancillary investigations
Very Premature Infants Benefit From Later Cord Clamping
Better blood pressure, less need for transfusions with delayed clamping
ACOG: Encourage Consideration of Contraceptive Implants/IUDs
Committee opinion recommends counseling women to consider long-acting reversible birth control
IOM: Most U.S. Patients Will Experience Diagnostic Error
Panel urges changes to an increasingly complex health care system
Review Links Obesity to Increased Thyroid Cancer Risk
Positive link to papillary, follicular, anaplastic thyroid cancer; inverse link for medullary thyroid cancer
