NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Herd immunity is not enough to protect unvaccinated children against pertussis. A case-control study based on detailed, individual-level clinical data indicates that children…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Daily self-monitoring of blood glucose levels by women with mild or diet-treated gestational diabetes is more effective than weekly office-based testing in reducing…
Stuart Fischer, MD, discusses a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, where over a half million people were surveyed about their meat intake and long-term…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council of the National Academies Has issued new guidelines on appropriate weight gain during pregnancy.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is often undiagnosed, and therefore untreated, in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to research published in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Gestational diabetes markedly and persistently increases the risk of future type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the May 23rd issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Full-term neonates delivered through elective repeat cesarean have higher rates of respiratory morbidity, hypoglycemia, and admission to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that most mothers in the US do not intend to have a 9- to 12-year-old daughter vaccinated against human papillomavirus…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with fenofibrate can reduce the risk of amputation in people with type 2 diabetes by 36%, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a large meta-analysis of trial data suggest that blood pressure-lowering drugs can help prevent cardiovascular disease in any at-risk individual,…