Many Physicians Have Negative Attitudes About Disability
Only 56.5 percent strongly agree that they welcome patients with disability into their practices
Coronary Artery Calcification Risk Up With Gestational Diabetes
Risk increased about twofold for women with gestational diabetes with normoglycemia, prediabetes, incident diabetes
T2DM Associated With Premature Heart Disease in Women
Most other factors tied to premature coronary heart disease attenuated with increasing age of onset
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency Tied to More Menopausal Symptoms
Most common symptoms related to psychological and sexual domains
Maternal IgG Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 Transferred Across Placenta
Positive correlation found for cord blood IgG concentrations with maternal IgG concentrations
Telemedicine Use Increased Considerably During COVID-19
Telemedicine use was lower in communities with higher rates of poverty; use varied across specialties, conditions
Proportion of Cancer Cases, Deaths Due to Alcohol Intake Quantified
Across all 50 states and District of Columbia, alcohol accounted for 75,199 cancer cases, 18,947 cancer deaths annually
COVID-19 Admissions, Fatalities Up for Pregnant Women
COVID-19 hospitalization rates 3.5-fold higher, case fatality rates 13.6-fold higher in pregnant patients versus similarly aged adults
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Levonorgestrel IUD Noninferior for Emergency Contraception
Pregnancy rates at one month were 0.3 percent in levonorgestrel IUD group and 0 percent in copper IUD group
