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Low-risk prenatal testing gives 12 times more false positives than cell-free DNA testing

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: February 26, 2014

Major finding: Cell-free DNA testing bested standard prenatal screening false positive rates for trisomy 21 (0.3% vs. 3.6%; P less than .001) and ...

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Weak link found between induction and high C-section rates

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: February 21, 2014

Major finding: The mean C-section rate was 31% (5.1%-75.7%); rates of labor induction varied from 0% to 50%.Data source: A logistic regression ana...

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Let expectant mothers labor longer to avoid C-sections

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: February 21, 2014

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Noninvasive prenatal testing detects more than 80% of chromosomal abnormalities

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: February 19, 2014

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Cervicovaginal microbiome may be involved in some preterm births

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: February 14, 2014

Major finding: Of the 14 women in the preterm group, 17% had CST I, 61% had CST III, and 22% had CST IV. In the term cohort, 35% had CST I, 37% ha...

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Video: Cervicovaginal microbiome implicated in some preterm births

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: February 13, 2014

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Video: What can be done to reverse rise in C-sections?

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: February 12, 2014

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The politics of food addiction: Who wins, who 'loses'

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: January 28, 2014

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Immunosuppressive therapy ups risk for skin cancers

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: January 23, 2014

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Misdiagnosis, noncompliance often culprits in refractory celiac disease

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: January 22, 2014

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Trial immunosuppressive therapy benefits outweigh long-term lymphoma risks in IBD

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: January 22, 2014

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DVT risk higher in cardiac and vascular surgery

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: January 20, 2014

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OSHA launches hospital worker safety initiative

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: January 16, 2014

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Olmesartan associated with some enteropathies

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: January 15, 2014

Major finding: Olmesartan was implicated in 14 out of 32 cases of refractory idiopathic sprue treated at the Mayo Clinic between 2008 and 2011.Dat...

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Metronidazole linked to increased risk for inflammatory bowel disease

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: January 2, 2014

Major finding: Three studies provided data on use of metronidazole, which proved to have the highest associated risk for new cases of IBD with a p...