A study appearing in the journal Pediatrics suggests that drinking while breastfeeding may affect cognitive outcomes in children.
Read MoreRapid Treatment of Children with Sepsis Saves Lives /
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Vindicates a Family Who Lost a Loved One to Sepsis.
Read MoreParents are Refusing Vitamin K Shots for Their Newborns. It's a Terrible Idea. /
A study appearing in the journal Pediatrics suggests that Vitamin K refusal has parallels to other choices parents make that may not be in the best interest of their children.
Read MoreIn Utero Genetic Editing: Doc-to-Doc with David Stitelman, MD /
Modern genetic editing technology is making the dreams of science fiction writers a reality by opening the door to editing fetal genomes while they are still the womb.
Read MoreTecovirimat: A Medication We Hope Never to Use /
The p37-inhibitor is likely to be approved for the treatment of smallpox, a disease eradicated in 1980.
Read MoreStudy Suggests Drinking Coffee Makes You Live Longer and It's Probably Not True /
The study of nearly 500,000 individuals found that more coffee drinking was linked to longer life. But it looks like it's not the caffeine that mediates the benefit.
Read MoreKetamine for Depression: Doc-to-Doc with Gerard Sanacora MD PhD /
The studies are early-stage, but the results are compelling: Ketamine may be a highly-effective therapy for depression.
Read MoreOverdiagnosis of Cancer, Defined /
Researchers from Dartmouth are pitching a standard definition for "overdiagnosis" in cancer screening. Will it hold up?
Read MorePsychological Stress Linked with Autoimmune Disease /
A Swedish study of more than 1 million individuals suggests that stress disorders like PTSD increase the risk of autoimmune disease later in life.
Read MoreMaintenance of Board Certification Linked to Better Doctor Performance /
The study compared doctors who maintained certification against those who didn't and found the former were better at ordering key screening tests.
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