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GAO calls out HHS’ poor oversight of administrative costs of Medicaid work requirements
A report on the estimated administrative costs in Medicaid demonstration projects related to work requirements in the first five states to receive...
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Women with PCOS have greater risk of postpartum depression, preeclampsia, eclampsia
PHILADELPHIA – Comprehensive screening and targeted interventions are needed during the postpartum period in this...
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Inspector General: NIH must improve conflict of interest reviews
The staff of NIH Institutes and Centers applied inconsistent levels of scrutiny to each other.
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Take drug, patient-level factors into account for when to end antiresorptive therapy
LAS VEGAS – The agent and individual patient factors may affect the duration of treatment and the approach to resuming therapy.
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Elagolix with add-back therapy appears efficacious despite uterine and fibroid factors
PHILADELPHIA – Factors such as primary fibroid volume, fibroid stage, and uterine volume did not appear to affect...
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Consider treating ovarian torsion with conservative surgery in young women
PHILADELPHIA – “We believe that conservative surgery should be performed whenever possible in young women with...
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In utero Zika exposure can have delayed consequences
Infants born following in utero Zika virus exposure can appear normal at birth but have neurodevelopmental problems later.
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Universal coverage may be possible without increases in national spending
The researchers found two health care reform scenarios meeting this criterion that continue to utilize private insurance.
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Poor neonatal outcomes tied to excessive, insufficient weight gain during twin pregnancies
But more information is needed before this can change practice.
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Don’t let knowledge gaps hold back fracture prevention efforts, experts say
ORLANDO – Experts recommend focusing on what is already known to prevent osteoporotic fractures to avoid inaction because of lack of knowledge in...
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SSRIs may reduce fecundability, live birth rate in reproductive-age women
PHILADELPHIA – Women in a subgroup receiving fluoxetine experienced a greater incidence of pregnancy loss than women taking other SSRIs, but the...