Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke has long been associated with infantile colic. Now a new study has found an association between colic and prenatal exposure to nicotine replacement therapy.
Medscape Medical News

A history of endometriosis is linked to an increased risk for 3 subtypes of ovarian cancer: clear cell, endometrioid, and low-grade serous.
Medscape Medical News

A new analysis of the NRMI registry also finds that women under 55 have the highest risk of death after MI.
Heartwire

John C. Reed of the Sanford-Burnham Institute interviews NIH head Francis Collins on why doctors should get excited about the science of medicine.
Medscape Internal Medicine

A new study is helping to tease out the contributions of different pregnancy complications to future CVD risk in women; the results show that the mechanisms linking each condition to CV risk likely differ.
Heartwire

Commentary on a study of the usefulness of MRI for the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer, published November 2011 in The Lancet.
Medscape General Surgery

Dr. Kathy Miller reports on a study that shows that exercise can lessen the risk for breast cancer in sedentary postmenopausal women. Can exercise also improve breast cancer prognosis?
Medscape Hematology-Oncology

In postpartum women, clinicians must be watchful for neurologic deterioration, which might signal this often fatal condition.
Medscape Neurology

A large study suggests that maternal vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy may reduce the risk for developmental language difficulties in children.
Medscape Medical News

When a pregnant woman has an elective cesarean section, it can greatly affect her reproductive future, as this new article discusses.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Rates of cesarean delivery are lower for women who have home births; some complications are higher, but only in the absence of a certified midwife.
Medscape Medical News

Medscape sits down with Dr. Kimford Meador to discuss the effects of in utero antiepileptic exposure on cognition in children.
Medscape Neurology

The risk for hemorrhage for women with planned cesarean deliveries was 18% lower than for women with intended vaginal deliveries.
Medscape Medical News

Despite perceptions to the contrary, caesarean delivery shows no benefits over vaginal delivery for premature babies who are small for gestational age, however respiratory distress risk is higher.
Medscape Medical News

Children exposed to chemotherapy during the prenatal period appear to develop as well as those in the general population, without increased cardiac or neurologic morbidity.
Medscape Medical News

Contrary to previous research, a large multicenter study shows no greater risk for pregnancy loss or preterm birth with loop electrosurgical excision procedures (LEEP).
Medscape Medical News

Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from the meeting.
Medscape Ob/Gyn

Sandra Fryhofer, MD, discusses the winning and losing diets from US News and World Report.
Medscape Internal Medicine

One in 10 physicians reports having lied to a patient within the previous 12 months; 1 in 5 did not fully disclose a medical mistake because they feared a lawsuit, according to a new study.
Medscape Medical News

The FDA is warning that PPIs may be associated with a higher risk for Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, a persistent illness that comes with abdominal pain and fever.
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