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Newborn transfer may not reflect true rate of complications
February 13, 2020
Stratifying by hospital’s level of neonatal care should be considered.
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Suicide rate higher than average for female clinicians
January 23, 2020
Male health care practitioners are less likely than all working-age men to die by suicide.
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FDA approves cefiderocol for multidrug-resistant, complicated urinary tract infections
November 15, 2019
The approval is for patients with limited or no alternative treatment options and includes a warning of Fetroja’s higher all-cause mortality rate.
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Drug doses for heart failure could possibly be halved for women
September 12, 2019
Women reached the highest level of drug efficacy at half the doses of ACE inhibitors or ARBs and beta-blockers needed by men to reach the same level.
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U.S. infant mortality continued slow decline in 2017
August 1, 2019
Massachusetts had the nation’s lowest rate; Mississippi had the highest.
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Reducing pediatric RSV burden is top priority
June 11, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – “RSV is by far the hottest virus in the world,” said Dr. Terho Heikkinen.
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N.Y. hospitals report near-universal CMV screening when newborns fail hearing tests
May 11, 2019
BALTIMORE – Screening by saliva swab, with urine PCR confirmation.
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Malpractice suits are less frequent – but more costly
March 2, 2019
Suits against physicians declined over a 10-year span, but the expense to defend legal challenges is rising, according to a report by CRICO.
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Anxiety, depression, burnout higher in physician mothers caring for others at home
January 28, 2019
While the study did not examine physician fathers, caring for someone with a major illness or disability more frequently falls to women.
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No change in postoperative pain with restrictive opioid protocol
December 27, 2018
The implementation of an ultrarestrictive opioid prescribing protocol after gynecologic surgery was associated with significant declines in opioid use.
