Children and adolescents undergoing infusion therapy for migraine were found to have higher levels of functional disability and a lower quality of life compared with patients not receiving infusion therapy.
The USPSTF concluded that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for elevated blood lead levels in asymptomatic children and pregnant women.
No association was found between the long-term influence of pregnancy history and age-related changes in cognitive function.
Women diagnosed with an infection during delivery were found to be at an increased risk for hospital readmission due to stroke.
For both delivery and postpartum stroke, black women were found to be at an increased risk compared with white women.
In a Minnesota-based hospital chain, about 50 employees have been fired for refusing to receive the flu vaccination.
WHO has updated its Essential Medicines List to include new recommendations for which drugs should be used in common infections and serious conditions.
