SAN DIEGO – Blood levels of infliximab rose during pregnancy, while adalimumab levels remained stable, even after researchers accounted for changes in albumin, body mass index, and C-reactive protein levels, according to a novel single-center...
The rate of colorectal cancer diagnosis has risen in younger patients, with later-stage tumors predominant, according to findings from a study based on the large National Cancer Database. Over a 10-year period, the number of...
BOSTON – A prospective cohort study of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome who developed gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy has implicated fasting blood glucose, non–high density lipoprotein, and sex hormone–binding globulin as significant predictive factors...
WASHINGTON – Women with type 2 diabetes who take estrogen therapy showed lower total gray matter volume, with atrophy particularly evident in the hippocampus. A new analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative Memory study suggested...
NASHVILLE, TENN. – A diet that at least partially resembled the Mediterranean diet appeared able to forestall a significant number of strokes in results from a retrospective, epidemiologic study of more than 100,000 Californian women...
NASHVILLE, TENN. – The risk of a peripartum thrombotic event is rare, but significantly increased for women who have a cardioseptal defect. In a large national sample, the rate of thrombotic events was seven times...
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. – A history of severe cradle cap and diaper dermatitis helps to differentiate between pediatric psoriasis and atopic dermatitis, so be sure to ask, according to Dr. Alan Menter, chief of the...
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF.– Desquamation is a handy way to differentiate between Staphylococcus skin infections and molluscum. Most of the time, the presentation of molluscum “is straightforward, but it’s one of the great imitators,” according to...
