In this issue of JAMA, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) presents an inaugural Recommendation Statement for behavioral counseling interventions for
The data didn’t make sense.
Five years ago, University of Maryland researcher Alisa Morss Clyne was studying pulmonary hypertension a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs in human cells she had cultured in her lab. But the results she was seeing just didn’t stack up.
“We had these huge error bars. It didn’t make any sense,” she said. “And we said, OK, let’s just graph it by male versus female, and what we found was really interesting.”
The blood vessels in the lungs of people with pulmonary hypertension take up more glucose, and she found the female cells metabolized the glucose in way that changed a protein that was critical to blood vessel function.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Pregnant women who are hospitalized with COVID-19 and viral pneumonia are less likely than non-pregnant women to die from these infections, according to a new study by researchers with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM).
The study was published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
The study examined medical records from nearly 1,100 pregnant patients and more than 9,800 non-pregnant women ages 15 to 45 who were hospitalized with COVID-19 and pneumonia. Less than 1% of the pregnant patients died from COVID-19 compared to 3.5% of non-pregnant patients, according to the study findings.
Hospitalized pregnant women less likely to die from COVID-19 than non-pregnant patients
Pregnant women who are hospitalized with COVID-19 and viral pneumonia are less likely than non-pregnant women to die from these infections, according to a new study by researchers with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM).
The study was published today in
Annals of Internal Medicine.
The study examined medical records from nearly 1,100 pregnant patients and more than 9,800 non-pregnant women ages 15 to 45 who were hospitalized with COVID-19 and pneumonia. Less than 1% of the pregnant patients died from COVID-19 compared to 3.5% of non-pregnant patients, according to the study findings.
Behold: All The Possible Side Effects of Ditching Birth Control
None of them are super serious, JSYK. Image Source
Whether you ve been on your current birth control for a few months or few years, the idea of stopping it can honestly be kinda scary. I know I was a lil nervous when I decided to ditch my IUD in favor of the pill, at least. I had read wayyy too many Reddit threads about what could go wrong post-removal (think: heavy, constant bleeding, and v painful cramps).
But if you re in the same boat, I have good news: According to Nicola Pemberton, MD, medical director of Artemis OB/GYN and The Birth Center of New Jersey, you shouldn t be worried or scared about stopping birth control because of potential side effects (phew). Most of the time, you ll just lose certain benefits that your BC gave you, like lighter periods or clearer skin, adds Mary Jane Minkin, MD, clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the Yale University