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Interpregnancy Interval Outcomes in Group Prenatal Care vs. Traditional Care
This study demonstrated that, when compared to women receiving conventional prenatal care, CenteringPregnancy care was associated with a substantial decrease in interpregnancy intervals at ≤ 6 and ≤ 12 months and a remarkable increase in postpartum long-acting reversible contraception uptake.
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Racial Research in IP & Control
As the first step in an ambitious research agenda to address healthcare racial inequities and hospital infections, Shanina Knighton, PhD, RN, CIC, is starting at ground zero: “hygiene poverty.”
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Pandemic Puts Scientists, Medical Groups, Federal Agencies at Odds
Misinformation has been the enemy of truth during a pandemic that now has exceeded two years and taken a million lives, but there also has been genuine scientific disagreement that would seem inevitable given the many variables of the response.
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Endemic Monkeypox? Overall Decline, but Persistence Likely
Although the most likely scenario is that monkeypox cases will fall significantly in the next few months, transmission in the United States is “unlikely to be eliminated in the near future,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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CDC: Monkeypox Causing Severe Infections, Test Patients for HIV
A severe spectrum of monkeypox disease is appearing in patients with untreated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to urge HIV testing for patients with monkeypox.
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Feds Seek to Overhaul Nation’s Prescription Drug Model
The White House has directed federal agencies to find ways to lower costs, expand access, and speed delivery.
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IRS Resolves ‘Family Glitch’ in Affordable Care Act
The long-standing blind spot had left many ineligible for marketplace subsidies.
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Reviewing Pediatric Arrhythmias
Although pediatric arrhythmias are uncommon, it is essential to recognize which ones require diagnostic evaluation and therapy and which ones do not. Frequently, there are normal variations on pediatric ECGs that do not require a significant evaluation, but recognizing critical arrhythmias in pediatric patients is a must-know for providers.
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Identifying and Treating Non-COVID Viral Respiratory Infections
These days, it is easy to think every patient with a cough or a runny nose has COVID-19. But it is important to remember that all of the viral respiratory diseases are still circulating and causing significant disease and discomfort. Respiratory viruses can cause a variety of clinical manifestations, from asymptomatic infections to life-threatening illnesses with multi-organ failure.
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers Often Deliver Coercive, Inaccurate Information
People seeking help with a pregnancy decision may see ads for a free pregnancy test and ultrasound and believe they are visiting a medical clinic, where all of their options will be explored. Instead, they will soon discover that they are visiting a center with no licensed medical providers that is designed to convince them not to seek an abortion.