Damian McNamara

Damian McNamara is a journalist for Medscape Medical News and MDedge. He worked full-time for MDedge as the Miami Bureau covering a dozen medical specialties during 2001-2012, then as a freelancer for Medscape and MDedge, before being hired on staff by Medscape in 2018. Now the two companies are one. He uses what he learned in school – Damian has a BS in chemistry and an MS in science, health and environmental reporting/journalism. He works out of a home office in Miami, with a 100-pound chocolate lab known to snore under his desk during work hours.

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Obesity Does Not Alter Success of Insemination

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: December 1, 2011

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Ovarian Suppression Linked to More Migraines

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: December 1, 2011

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Immediate IVF Is Most Effective for Older Women

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: December 1, 2011

Major Finding: The per-cycle pregnancy rate was 25% with IVF, compared with 7% for women treated with clomiphene/intrauterine insemination and 8...

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Fibroids Foretell Worse Maternal and Fetal Outcomes

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: December 1, 2011

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Meta-Analysis Links Obesity to Lower Assisted Reproduction Success

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: November 30, 2011

Major Finding: Obese women experienced significantly lower live birth rates after IVF (23%), compared with normal weight controls (25%) for an odd...

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U.S. Teen Birth Rate Drops to Historic Low

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: November 17, 2011

Major Finding: A rate of 34 births per 1,000 teens aged 15-19 in 2010 is a 9% decline from 2009 and the lowest reported rate since 1946. Data Sour...

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Cervical Length Predicts Preterm Delivery in IVF Pregnancies

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: November 8, 2011

Major Finding: Women with a cervix of 5 cm or longer delivered at a mean of 37 weeks. This decreased to 35 weeks for those with a cervical length ...

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Fibroids Foretell Worse Maternal and Fetal Outcomes

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: November 7, 2011

Major Finding: Women with fibroids were significantly more likely to experience preterm labor (16.4% vs. 2.4% of controls), pPROM (15.8% vs. 3.6%)...

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Scleroderma: Research Locally, Share Globally

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: October 19, 2011

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Motivational Interviewing Lowers Cardiometabolic Risk

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: October 12, 2011

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U.S. Task Force: No PSA Testing for Healthy Men

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: October 7, 2011

Major Finding: PSA screening for prostate cancer failed to significantly reduce long-term prostate cancer-specific mortality in multiple studies (...

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Pediatric, Adolescent TBI Incidence Up by 62%

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: October 6, 2011

Major Finding: Emergency department visits for TBIs related to sports and recreation among children aged 19 years and younger increased from 153,3...

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Nearly One-Third of Elderly Undergo End of Life Surgery

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: October 5, 2011

Major Finding: 32% of elderly Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2008 underwent surgery in their final year of life.Data Source: Retrospective, co...

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More Than 112 Million Episodes of Drunk Driving in 2010

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: October 4, 2011

Major Finding: A total of 1.8% of 451,000 U.S. residents surveyed reported at least one episode of alcohol-impaired driving in the past 30 days. E...

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Endometriosis Treatment May Boost Migraine Risk

Author:: Damian McNamara

Publish date: October 1, 2011

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