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Journal Article Summary Service: November 2008
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Journal Article Summary Service. Keeping you up-to-date with the women's health medical literature. 18 November, 2008. Is there a cognitive cost of being a twin? Multiple pregnancies have come under intense scrutiny because they are associated with prematurity and growth restriction. In developed countries, high rates of multiple pregnancies following assisted reproductive technology have been cited as a reason why preterm delivery rates remain stubbornly high and perinatal statistics have plateaued.
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Journal Article Summary Service: Hot flush treatment
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Journal Article Summary Service. Keeping you up-to-date with the women's health medical literature. 04 April, 2011. There are limited non-hormonal treatments for women seeking relief from hot flushes. Peri- and postmenopausal women may not wish to take estrogens and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) offer a reasonably good option for decreasing the frequency, severity or bothersome effects of hot flushes. Dr Kent is the editor-in-chief of the Journal Article Summary Service (JASS). Subs...
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Journal Article Summary Service: Antioxidants and cancer prevention
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Journal Article Summary Service. Keeping you up-to-date with the women's health medical literature. 11 March, 2009. Antioxidants and cancer prevention. Antioxidants are the hope of the healthy. Millions of people take supplements, usually vitamins or antioxidants, in the hope that these extras will prevent chronic conditions. The supplement industry is vast but many of the popular products so eagerly ingested lack scientific evidence of benefit. Dr Kent is the editor-in-chief of the Journal Article Summa...
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Journal Article Summary Service: Preterm infants and infection
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Journal Article Summary Service. Keeping you up-to-date with the women's health medical literature. 04 January, 2010. Preterm infants and infection. Preterm infants are at risk of a host of morbidities. Most obviously their immature respiratory and metabolic systems place them at a disadvantage while their fragile cardiovascular anatomy and physiology makes them prone to cerebral and gastro-intestinal incidents. Also linked to poor outcomes, especially in very low-birth-weight infants of less than 1500g,...
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Journal Article Summary Service: Treatment of depression in pregnancy
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Journal Article Summary Service. Keeping you up-to-date with the women's health medical literature. 04 January, 2010. Treatment of depression in pregnancy. This risk must be weighed against the dangers of not treating major depression or using psychotherapy. The American College of O&G has stated that women can continue or start SSRI antidepressants in pregnancy but should be appraised of the risks, however small (Chambers BMJ 2009; 339: b3525). Dr Kent is the editor-in-chief of the Journal Article Summa...
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Journal Article Summary Service: April 2009
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Journal Article Summary Service. Keeping you up-to-date with the women's health medical literature. 23 April, 2009. The claim is made that the programme is serving an “increasing number of women's lives” but this is not a universally accepted point of view. Women should not be coerced or made to feel guilty if they choose not to undergo screening - informed choice implies unbiased information. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. JASS Obstetrics and Gynecology. Royal College of O and G.
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Journal Article Summary Service: Predicting pre-eclampsia
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Journal Article Summary Service. Keeping you up-to-date with the women's health medical literature. 09 June, 2011. Pre-eclampsia remains unpredictable, despite numerous biochemical and biophysical efforts to provide pointers. Working on history taking may prove of some value so North et al (BMJ 2011;342:d1875) embarked on an international study of over 3000 healthy nulliparous women which screened for pregnancy endpoints (the SCOPE study). View my complete profile. JASS Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Journal Article Summary Service: January 2009
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Journal Article Summary Service. Keeping you up-to-date with the women's health medical literature. 26 January, 2009. Miscarriage and the next pregnancy. Women who miscarry their first pregnancy are naturally distressed, but what reassurance about the next pregnancy is appropriate? If she conceives again and the pregnancy continues to viability, is she at increased obstetric risk, or not? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Dr Kent is the editor-in-chief of the Journal Article Summary Service (JASS). Subscri...
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Journal Article Summary Service: New site
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Journal Article Summary Service. Keeping you up-to-date with the women's health medical literature. 21 February, 2012. Please visit the site at www.getjass.com. To contact us, please use the form on the new site. Thank you. View my complete profile. JASS Obstetrics and Gynecology. Journal of the American Medical Association. New England Journal of Medicine. Royal College of O and G. Advertisements on the site do not imply endorsement. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
