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Untreated perinatal anxiety disorders and related stress or depression among mothers pose risks to offspring, according to a presenter at Psych Congress. Kimberly Brandt, DO, PMH-C, a perinatal psychiatrist at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, said the benefits of treating these disorders outweigh potential risks.

Black patients with chronic kidney disease may be less likely to adhere to medical treatment compared with non-Black patients due to the financial burden medical care puts on available funds for basic needs, according to a study.The research, published in Kidney Medicine, suggests that high out-of-pocket costs can lead to lower medical adherence by patients with CKD, but few studies have

A considerable proportion of women who never received an HPV vaccine also never underwent cervical cancer screening or were not up to date on screening in 2019, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open. “We showed that young women who have not received HPV vaccine (one in three women) were less likely to receive cervical cancer screening compared to vaccinated women (one in six

For the first time, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines published recommendations for the evaluation and diagnosis of patients who present to the ED with chest pain.The new evidence-based guideline, published in Circulation, is backed by the AHA, ACC, American Society of Echocardiography, the American College of Chest

As understanding of pulmonary arterial hypertension grows and novel therapies emerge, the treatment of PAH appears to be entering a new era. “There have been a lot of new developments in therapy that have grown out of the extensive research that has been applied to this condition over the past several decades, and everything that we’ve learned up until now is coming to bear,”

Patients with cervical spine trauma who had a vertebral artery injury had risk-adjusted increased odds of complications, unplanned procedures and longer length of stay, according to results.Using the National Trauma Databank, Romil Shah, MD, and colleagues collected information about demographics, injury characteristics and presence of vertebral artery injury for patients who experienced cervical

According to published results, preoperative and prompt postoperative physical therapy sustained for six or more sessions may reduce the risk of long-term opioid use in patients undergoing total knee replacement.To determine an association between physical therapy (PT) and long-term opioid use after TKR, Kosaku Aoyagi, PT, PhD, and colleagues from Boston University performed a retrospective

Populations with severe visual impairment were found to have more physically unhealthy days as compared with their nonvisually impaired counterparts, according to data published in Optometry and Vision Science.“Because vision impairment does not typically result in physical pain, physically unhealthy days represents a useful surrogate to characterize the overall health of the population

Guaranteeing a cash card to COVID-19 vaccine recipients and those who drove someone to a COVID-19 vaccine appointment “slowed the decline in vaccination and promoted more equitable distribution” in North Carolina, according to researchers. “We’re using multiple strategies to try to get as many North Carolinians vaccinated against COVID-19 as quickly as possible,”

A diffractive extended depth of focus IOL helped improve visual acuity at 3 months after bilateral implantation, according to research presented at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting. Thomas Kohnen, MD, presented data from a study that evaluated visual performance after bilateral implantation of the extended depth of focus (EDOF) At Lara 829MP lens (Carl Zeiss