Multiple micronutrients with food supplementation early in pregnancy improved child survival rates in Bangladesh.
Medscape Medical News

Sandra Fryhofer, MD, reviews Weight of the Nation, an HBO series that provides a comprehensive and transformative picture of obesity in America.
Medscape Internal Medicine

Results from an analysis of more than 10,000 medical malpractice claims show that more than half resulted in litigation, with outcomes varying considerably by specialty.
Medscape Medical News

New findings contradict a previous US Preventive Services Task Force study that found insufficient evidence to support screening asymptomatic women for intimate partner violence.
Medscape Medical News

The Arizona Senate recently approved a bill that would allow doctors to withhold genetic test information if it could result in abortion. A leading bioethicist provides his take on this serious issue.
Medscape Internal Medicine

Sandra Fryhofer, MD, gives a brief but comprehensive overview of the recommendations physicians need to tell women who plan to be pregnant.
Medscape Internal Medicine

The Massachusetts Medical Society and other state healthcare organizations want to demonstrate that apologies backed up with cash can keep medical malpractice out of the courts.
Medscape Medical News

The Exercise is Medicine initiative will help you incorporate physical activity counseling and recommendations into the briefest of healthcare encounters.
CDC Expert Commentary

In the Norwegian Screening Program, the estimated rate of overdiagnosis of breast cancer attributable to screening mammography ranged from 15% to 25%.
Medscape Medical News

The high court must decide whether a ruling on the ACA’s individual mandate must wait until the IRS begins to assess the penalty — or is it a tax? — for noncompliance in 2015.
Medscape Medical News

Some major elements of healthcare reform have already begun, but there are still some elements that have yet to kick in — and they will kick in.
Medscape Business of Medicine

Day 3 of oral arguments in the Supreme Court case on healthcare reform focuses on whether Medicaid expansion tramples states’ rights and whether voiding the individual mandate means voiding the entire law.
Medscape Medical News

For 3 days next week, the 9 justices of the nation’s highest court will probe and test the legal arguments made by defenders and opponents of the controversial healthcare reform law.
Medscape Medical News

For 3 days next week, the 9 justices of the nation’s highest court will probe and test the legal arguments made by defenders and opponents of the controversial healthcare reform law.
Medscape Medical News

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

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

An EMAS position statement on the role of vitamin D after menopause notes that the recommended daily allowance is 600 IU/day, or 800 IU/day for those 71 years and older.
Medscape Medical News

Almost all OB/GYNs, 90% of family practitioners, and 54% of internists conduct routine well-woman pelvic exams.
Medscape Medical News

A study from the Seychelles Islands shows that amalgam exposure in utero has only slight risks.
Medscape Medical News

Physician readers wrote to us throughout the year and told us which Business of Medicine advice they found most helpful. Here’s a roundup of those tips.
Medscape Business of Medicine

Although smoking and physical activity improved from 2001 to 2009 for women of reproductive age, obesity, diabetes, and asthma increased; depressed women at higher risk for chronic conditions.
Medscape Medical News

Postpartum depression can have serious consequences for the mother, child, and spouse.
Medscape Medical News

Patients and clinicians alike say primary care should integrate more nontraditional therapies.
Medscape Medical News

Group practices bring many benefits, but there are some trouble areas that physicians struggle with. Here are the snags that doctors have identified.
Medscape Business of Medicine

Thanks to our recent debt-ceiling crisis and Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the US credit ratings, investors are again getting nervous.
Medscape Business of Medicine

There are 4 types of insurance policies, which vary in coverage. Will yours leave you flat when you need it most?
Medscape Business of Medicine

Mortality rates suggest that the best hospitals, as identified by US News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” and HealthGrades’ “Best Hospitals,” are no better than hospitals not on the lists.
Medscape Medical News

Mortality rates suggest that the best hospitals, as identified by US News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” and HealthGrades’ “Best Hospitals,” are no better than hospitals not on the lists.
Medscape Medical News

The UN Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health issued 10 recommendations mandating a high level of accountability to save lives in these groups.
Medscape Medical News