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Congenital Head and Neck Asymmetry Is Common and Often Unrecognized
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
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Infants with congenital asymmetries might be at increased risk for developing secondary posterior plagiocephaly.
- By F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
- May 14, 2008
- Covering Arch Dis Child 2008 Apr 1
Bottoms Down: Can Risk for Breech Birth Be Inherited?
- Women's Health
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Risk for breech delivery was doubled in the offspring of both men and women who were themselves delivered in breech presentation.
- By Wendy S. Biggs, MD
- May 8, 2008
- Covering BMJ 2008 Apr 19
Gestational Diabetes: Controversies About Diagnosis and Treatment Persist
- General Medicine
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Increasing maternal glucose intolerance is associated with increasing birth weight, neonatal hypoglycemia, and fetal insulin levels.
- By Robert W. Rebar, MD
- May 7, 2008
- Covering N Engl J Med 2008 May 8
Chronic Pain Common After Pfannenstiel Incision
- General Medicine
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Abdominal wall nerve entrapment was present in more than half of women with moderate-to-severe pain.
- By Robert W. Rebar, MD
- May 7, 2008
- Covering Obstet Gynecol 2008 Apr
Postnatal Depression in Fathers Has Adverse Effects on Their Children’s Mental Health
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
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Paternal depressive symptoms increase the vulnerability of their children to psychiatric disorders.
- By Martin T. Stein, MD
- May 7, 2008
- Covering J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2008 Apr
Gestational Hyperglycemia: Continuum of Risk, Choices for Treatment
- Women's Health
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Likelihood of adverse pregnancy outcomes increased in proportion to maternal glucose levels; metformin for gestational diabetes was not inferior to insulin.
- By Ann J. Davis, MD
- May 7, 2008
- Covering N Engl J Med 2008 May 8
Second-Trimester Amniocentesis Is Even Safer Than We Thought
- Women's Health
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In one prenatal diagnosis center, the pregnancy loss rate attributed to amniocentesis was 1 in 769 procedures.
- By Sandra Ann Carson, MD
- April 24, 2008
- Covering Obstet Gynecol 2008 Mar
Binge Drinking During Early Pregnancy
- Women's Health
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In infrequent drinkers, fewer than three binge drinking episodes during the first 16 weeks of pregnancy were not associated with adverse birth outcomes.
- By Sandra Ann Carson, MD
- April 24, 2008
- Covering Obstet Gynecol 2008 Mar
No Ifs, Ands, or Butts: Quitting Smoking During Pregnancy Might Help Infant Temperament
- Women's Health
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Mothers who stopped smoking during pregnancy were more likely to have infants with easy dispositions than were mothers who continued to smoke.
- By Wendy S. Biggs, MD
- April 24, 2008
- Covering J Epidemiol Community Health 2008 Apr
More Reassuring Data About Pregnancy in HIV-Infected Women
- HIV/AIDS
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In the current treatment era, survival rates are high for HIV-infected mothers, and vertical transmission rates are low.
- By Sonia Nagy Chimienti, MD
- April 18, 2008
- Covering HIV Clin Trials 2008 Jan/Feb