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Telemedicine Abortion Services Benefit Rural Women
Telemedicine for medication abortion could greatly improve accessibility to rural women and expand abortion accessibility to an additional 3.5 million reproductive-aged women, according to recent research.
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FDA’s Decision to Allow Pharmacy Sales of Mifepristone Faces Challenges
The decision by the FDA to permit retail pharmacies to dispense medication abortion pills could remove barriers related to time, distance, and costs for patients in states with laws legalizing abortion care. One possible risk is a lawsuit filed by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, an anti-abortion group that claims the FDA did not approve mifepristone with sufficient scientific evidence.
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Texas Abortion Ban Is a Warning About the Future
Abortion access was hit hard by the Texas six-week abortion ban bill and by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022. But abortion demand remained high, and women increasingly sought telehealth and out-of-state abortion care.
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Breast Milk Feeding Among Women Who Had Been Infected with SARS-CoV-2 During Their Pregnancy
Both breast milk feeding during the postpartum hospital stay and infant rooming-in during this time were common in the five states studied from March 29 to Dec. 31, 2020, among the births that occurred to women who had a laboratory-confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 during their pregnancy.
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Identifying High-Risk Cancer Patients Through Appropriate Screening
Less than 20% of average-risk women receive guideline-adherent cervical cancer screening, and guideline-adherent screening was highest for primary human papillomavirus testing.
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Second Trimester Induction of Labor: Do Multiple Prior Cesarean Deliveries Increase the Risk of Complications?
In this retrospective cohort study among patients who underwent second trimester induction of labor for fetal demise or pregnancy termination, those with two or more prior cesarean deliveries had an increased risk of uterine rupture (6.25%) compared to those with one prior cesarean delivery (0%) or no prior cesarean delivery (0%) (P = 0.004).
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Vaginal Cleansing at the Time of Cesarean Delivery to Prevent Puerperal Infection
Povidone-iodine (Betadine) vaginal cleansing prior to an unplanned cesarean delivery for labor-related indications did not lessen the postoperative infectious morbidity, and, therefore, its regular use in women having a cesarean delivery for labor-related indications is not supported.
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RSV Bronchiolitis Has Persisting Consequences for Some Children
Young children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection are at increased risk of subsequent hospitalization during the following year and of increased need for outpatient healthcare.
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A Comparison of Ceftaroline and Daptomycin in Treatment of MRSA Bloodstream Infections
Ceftaroline is an acceptable alternative therapy for treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
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An Effective Oral Regimen for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis
A multicenter, randomized, controlled, noninferiority clinical trial found a 24-week, all-oral regimen (bedaquiline, pretomanid, linezolid, and moxifloxacin) to be safe and effective for patients aged 15 years and older with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis.