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Quadrivalent HPV Vaccination and the Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
The quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is recommended for all girls and women 9 to 26 years of age. Some women will have inadvertent exposure to vaccination during early pregnancy, but few data exist regarding the safety of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine in this context
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Influenza Vaccination in the First Trimester of Pregnancy and Risk of Autism …
In the cohort study by Zerbo et al “AssociationBetween Influenza Infection and Vaccination During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism SpectrumDisorder,”1 the authors foundthat “influenza vaccination anytime during pregnancy was not associated with ASD [autism spectrum disorder] risk,” although the adjusted hazard ratio was of borderline significance (1.10; 95% CI, 1.00-1.21).
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Neurocognitive Treatments for Eating Disorders and Obesity
Neurocognitive treatments are emerging and show initial promise for eating and weight disorders. Further research is necessary to determine whether these treatments can be used as stand-alone treatments or whether they need to be used as an adjunct to or in conjunction with other evidence-based treatments to improve outcomes.
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Your guide to the IUD: Helping you choose the method of contraception that’…
An IUD is a small plastic and copper device that’s put into your uterus (womb). It has one or two thin threads on the end that hang through your cervix (the entrance to the uterus) into the top of your vagina
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Intrauterine Devices: An Update
Three intrauterine devices (IUDs) are available in the United States: the copper T 380A and two levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs, one that releases 20 mcg of levonorgestrel per 24 hours, and one that releases 14 mcg per 24 hours. All are safe and effective methods of contraception that work predominantly by prefertilization mechanisms. The copper T 380A IUD may be placed in nonpregnant women at an…
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Menopausal hormone therapy 2019
As women transition through the menopause, the decreased production of estrogens can manifest itself in three different ways: - Immediate vasomotor, sleep and emotional impacts - Later local genital tract and urinary symptoms - Long-term cardiovascular, skeletal and other ‘chronic’ consequences
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Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obst…
Precision medicine is a patient specific approach that integrates all relevant clinical, genetic and biological information in order to optimise the therapeutic benefit relative to the possibility of side effects for each individual. Recent clinical trials have shown that higher blood eosinophil counts are associated with a greater efficacy of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in COPD patients
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HLA antigens in individuals with down syndrome and alopecia areata
Seventy per cent of evaluated individuals in the DS and AA group were male; presented mean age of 18.6 (SD ± 7.2) years and 70% were Caucasian. We observed involvement of the scalp, with a single lesion in 10% and multiple in 90% of subjects. It was observed that there is no significant difference in the frequency distributions of the alleles HLA loci A, B, C, DRB1 and DQB1 of subjects studie…
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Clinical Characteristics of Alopecia Areata in Down Syndrome
This study was undertaken to better understand clinical characteristics, environmental and physical events in Down syndrome (DS) and alopecia areata (AA). This cross-sectional study included 18 DS patients who were currently presenting or had presented AA. We evaluated gender, age, location and type of AA, presence of autoimmune disease or atopy, AA in first-degree relatives, and environmental,…
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Radiation Enteritis
Radiation enteritis continues to be a major health concern in recipients of radiation therapy. The incidence of radiation enteritis is expected to continue to rise during the coming years paralleling the unprecedented use of radiotherapy in pelvic cancers. Radiation enteritis can present as either an acute or chronic syndrome. The acute form presents within hours to days of radiation exposure a…
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