13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (166+ words) Researchers analyzed data from 1,153,998 commercially insured women with a single delivery and no preexisting CKM disorders. Among the study population, 95,103 women (8.2%) had gestational diabetes. Median follow-up was 2.4 years, with outcomes tracked through 2023. Although the strongest associations involved dysglycemia, gestational diabetes…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (92+ words) Christina A. Sheil, MD Research evaluating online health information shows significant variability in accuracy, completeness and reliability, reinforcing the need for critical appraisal of digital resources.2 In this environment, the clinician’s role is not to dismiss online information but to guide…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (176+ words) FBT incorporated nutrition and physical activity counseling, behavioral skills training, goal setting, self-monitoring, positive parenting strategies, and social support components. Families were offered 26 to 33 treatment sessions over 12 months, while both groups continued to receive obesity care from their primary care…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (666+ words) Q&A: Which Hospitalized Children With RTIs Face the Highest Severe Disease Risk? More than one in five children hospitalized with acute respiratory tract infections (RTIs) develop severe disease, and children transferred from a referring hospital face the highest risk, according…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (452+ words) Family-Focused Mental Healthcare May Help Address Interconnected Parent & Child Symptoms The authors noted that mental health conditions often cluster within families. In a meta-analysis of 221 studies, children of parents with mental illness were one and a half to three times…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (347+ words) Among infants born before 28 weeks’ gestation, reliable neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) access to pasteurized donor human milk (PDHM) was linked to reduced risk for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), according to findings published in the Journal…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (204+ words) Overall, outcomes were favorable, with UTD resolving in 96.2% of patients, typically within the first year of life. However, children with severe UTD were significantly more likely to have a history of urinary tract infection than those with mild-to-moderate disease (52.0% vs…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (232+ words) Women with uterovaginal prolapse who underwent vaginal mesh hysteropexy experienced fewer treatment failures over 10 years compared with those who underwent vaginal hysterectomy with uterosacral ligament suspension, according to findings published in JAMA Surgery. The authors noted that 10‑year outcomes for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1096+ words) Having a baby in the United States is about to get more complicated. The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists says the change is crucial to accurately reflect the care OB-GYNs currently provide, with expectant patients — some older and sicker than…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (200+ words) Letrozole, over 3 months, significantly improved sperm concentration categories in men with spermatogenic failure and was generally well tolerated, according to a study online in JAMA Network Open. Assisted reproductive technologies for patients with severe spermatogenic deficiency are effective but highly…...