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New US Reference Standard for Amniotic Fluid Volume A new chart based on observations from more than 1,700 women can serve as a U.S. reference standard for amniotic fluid volume, researchers report.
Reuters Health Information, March 18, 2019
Childhood-Cancer Survivors Get Infertility Risk Wrong, Require Long-Term Fertility Care Adult survivors of childhood cancer tend to have an incorrect perception of their infertility risk and need ongoing fertility care, a large single-site longitudinal study suggests.
Reuters Health Information, March 15, 2019

New Jersey Leaders in Deal to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Reuters Health Information, March 14, 2019
Some Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Worse for Blacks in Michigan
Reuters Health Information, March 13, 2019
Long-Term Androgen Deprivation Underused for Prostate Cancer
Reuters Health Information, March 12, 2019
Poor Asthma Control Linked With Kids' School Struggles
Reuters Health Information, March 12, 2019

Health Diversity Perspective

Why Patients Keep Crucial Info From Clinicians A recent survey had some surprising revelations as to why patients don't divulge health information. Can its findings help us increase disclosure?
Medscape Optometry, March 18, 2019
'Leading the Charge' on Racism, Sexism, Activism in Medicine Emergency medicine doctor and 'public health guru' Esther Choo on racism, sexism, inequity, and inclusion in medicine.
Medscape, February 15, 2019

ACIP 2019 Adult Schedule: What You Need to Know
Medscape Internal Medicine, February 4, 2019
#MeToo Era Presents Complex Questions for Oncology
Medscape Oncology, January 29, 2019
Time to Eliminate Ageism and Sexism in Medicine
theheart.org on Medscape, January 22, 2019
Treating Transgender Kids in Primary Care
Medscape Pediatrics, January 7, 2019

Journals

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors With and Without Stroke History
Preventing Chronic Disease, March 20, 2019
Internet Use and Preventive Health Among Older Couples
The Gerontologist, March 15, 2019
HIV Increases the Risk of Incident Heart Failure
JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, March 15, 2019
Current Topics in Women's Sports Medicine
Current Orthopaedic Practice, March 7, 2019
Disease Presentation and Remission Rate in Graves Disease
Endocrine Practice, March 6, 2019

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