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For patients undergoing intrauterine device placement

Ketorolac Doesn’t Reduce Pain With IUD Placement

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But decrease in median pain scores at five and 15 minutes with ketorolac versus placebo
Parents' ages may play a role in a child's risk of developing autism spectrum disorders

Parental Age Factors Linked to Autism Risk

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Greater odds in children of teenage mothers, older mothers, and parents with big age gap
New research offers potential clues as to why children of obese mothers are at increased risk for obesity. The study was scheduled to be presented Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association

ADA: New Research Delves Into Genetic Risk for Obesity

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Cells might be programmed in the womb to accumulate extra fat, researchers suggest
Having acknowledged that the 2014-15 flu vaccine was mismatched to the circulating influenza strains

CDC: Vaccine Production for 2015-16 Flu Season Underway

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Next season's vaccine includes last year's missing strain, H3N2
New recommendations have been provided to update the 2010 guidelines on the treatment and management of sexually transmitted diseases. The 2015 guidelines are available online in the June 5 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

CDC Guidelines Update Treatment, Management of STDs

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New guidelines address issues that were not discussed in 2010 guidelines
Scanning maternal plasma cell-free DNA as part of routine noninvasive prenatal testing may also enable presymptomatic detection of maternal tumors

Cancers ID’d With Maternal Plasma Cell-Free DNA Sequencing

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Sequencing as part of routine noninvasive prenatal testing enables presymptomatic ID of tumors
New guidelines can enable successful physician hospital relationships and integrated leadership

AMA Offers Guidance for Physician-Hospital Relationships

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Six principles of success described for integrated leadership between hospitals, physicians
An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended approval Thursday of flibanserin

FDA Panel Votes 18-6 to Approve Rx for Female Libido

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Vote came after agency twice rejected medication due to side effects
Surgical never events and contributing human factors have been identified

Study IDs Surgical Never Events, Contributing Factors

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Individual cognitive factors accounted for half of all contributing human factor nano-codes
The Affordable Care Act may have helped boost rates of colorectal cancer screening among lower income Americans

Rise in CRC Screening Rates After ACA Implementation

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Increase in colonoscopy, other tests typically seen among poorer, less educated Americans