OBGYN & Women’s Health
In Utero Exposures May Up Thyroid Cancer Risk in Offspring
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Maternal health and in utero exposures are associated with an increased risk for subsequent thyroid cancer in offspring, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Cari M. Kitahara, Ph.D., from the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland, and colleagues used registry...
Exercise Key to Lowering Risk for Gestational Diabetes
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Exercise during the first trimester of pregnancy reduces the risks for abnormal glucose screening and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), according to a study published online Dec. 21 in Diabetes Care. Samantha F. Ehrlich, Ph.D., M.P.H., from Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland, and colleagues used data from a...
More Diabetes Remission in T2DM Seen With Low-Carb Diets for Six Months
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patients with type 2 diabetes adhering to low-carbohydrate diets (LCDs) for six months may experience greater rates of diabetes remission, according to a review published online Jan. 13 in The BMJ. Joshua Z. Goldenberg, Ph.D., from Texas A&M University in College Station, and colleagues conducted a systematic review...
Pregnancy Outcomes Examined for Women With Multiple Sclerosis
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Women with pregnancy after versus before a multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis have fewer children and at an older age, according to a study published in the Feb. 1 issue of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. Bernardita Soler, from the Hospital Doctor Sótero del Río in Santiago, Chile, and...
Albuminuria Down in Adults With Newly Diagnosed T2DM
TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — From 1988 to 2018, there were reductions seen in the prevalence of albuminuria and improvements in glycemic, blood pressure, and lipid control among adults with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online Jan. 8 in Diabetes Care. Michael Fang, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Selvin, M.P.H.,...
Affordable Care Act Reduced Income Inequality in United States
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has reduced income inequality, with a larger decrease in states that expanded Medicaid, according to a study published in the January issue of Health Affairs. Matthew Buettgens, Ph.D., from the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., and colleagues simulated the impact of the ACA...
Vaccine Rollout Slows as Many Health Care Workers Balk at Shots
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is meeting resistance as many health care workers are refusing shots, the Associated Press reported Friday. It is occurring in nursing homes and to some degree in hospitals, with employees expressing fears of side effects. Some facilities are seeing as much as 80 percent...
Laws Promoting Flu Shot for Hospital Workers Can Cut Deaths
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — State laws promoting hospital worker vaccination against influenza may be effective for reducing monthly pneumonia and influenza mortality rates, especially among the elderly, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Mariana Carrera, Ph.D., from Montana State University in Bozeman, and colleagues...
Statins May Protect Heart From Chemo for Early Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For women with early breast cancer treated with anthracyclines, statin exposure is associated with a lower risk for hospital presentation for heart failure, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Husam Abdel-Qadir, M.D., Ph.D., from the Women’s College Hospital...
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