SAN DIEGO – The risk of thrombosis after giving birth remains significantly elevated for 12 weeks after delivery, twice as long as previously thought, an analysis of data on 1.7 million women...
The risk of thrombosis in women giving birth for the first time was 10- to 11-fold higher in the first 6 weeks postpartum, but in a report presented at the International Stroke Conference, Dr. Hooman...
SAN FRANCISCO – The incidence of severe sepsis was nearly five times lower and the risk of death from severe sepsis was 43% lower during pregnancy, compared with nonpregnant women, in a large...
SNOWMASS, COLO. – The common strategy of managing inflammatory arthritis during pregnancy by stopping all prepregnancy medications and prescribing prednisone is counterproductive, Dr. Megan E.B....
While almost all internists and family physicians feel a responsibility to ask about patients’ immunization status at least annually, most refer them to another source for all but basic seasonal...
WASHINGTON – The rise in gestational diabetes cases demands new strategies for active postpartum care that will not only assist with prevention of type 2 diabetes, but will also prepare women for...
DALLAS – Elevated LDL cholesterol in women before childbirth was associated with a fivefold increased risk of elevated LDL 2 decades later in their young adult offspring in a new analysis from the...