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Significant Lack of Data and Research on Chronic Conditions Affecting Women Is Hindering Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention; Report Calls for Enhanced NIH Research Effort

WASHINGTON — Significant gaps in what is known about chronic conditions that are specific to women, predominantly impact women, or affect them differently — such as endometriosis, pelvic floor ...
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Empowering blood cancer patients to share their data for research

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Bad advice. That’s what Jenny Ahlstrom felt like her ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosed Early in Pregnancy

We randomly assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, women between 4 weeks’ and 19 weeks 6 days’ gestation who had a risk factor for hyperglycemia and a diagnosis of gestational diabetes (World Health Organization ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Ketamine versus ECT for Nonpsychotic Treatment-Resistant Major Depression

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and subanesthetic intravenous ketamine are both currently used for treatment-resistant major depression, but the comparative effectiveness of the two treatments remains ...