Hormone may prevent premature births
Obstetricians report a dramatic reduction in premature births using weekly progesterone injections in high risk pregnancies. The Wake Forest study, conducted across 19 NIH centers, reduced preterm births by 34 percent among 306 treated women versus 153 given placebo.
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
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Society For Maternal Fetal Medicine
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Hospital discharge safety risks shown by new study
A study at a major hospital finds that about one in five patients face adverse events after leaving hospital. Poor communication with primary care and lack of follow up contribute to preventable or worsened conditions, with two thirds due to drug side effects and several misread diagnoses leading to readmission.
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Annals of Internal Medicine
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Bad economy may have healthy effect
Boston AP reports economist Christopher Ruhm finds that during job downturns both unemployed and stably employed workers adopt healthier habits. He cites data 1972 to 2000 showing modest drops in smoking obesity and inactivity as recessionary pressures rise, with caveats about mental health and long term growth.
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National Bureau of Economic Research
Cambridge
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Christopher J. Ruhm
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Johns Hopkins University
M. Harvey Brenner
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
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