A recent theory states that women enter menopause at different ages and have varying extents of symptoms due in part to residence patterns after marriage—or whether couples disperse to live with paternal or maternal kin. Investigators found little support for this theory in a study…
Vaginal yeast infections may occur more commonly during pregnancy, and most are treated with topical medications, or creams. Oral medications are prescribed when topical treatment fails, but the safety of such agents during pregnancy is controversial. A recent review and analysis examined all relevant studies…
Depression impacts quality of life at all life stages, but little is known about the factors related to depression in the last year of life. A recent study published in theJournal of the American Geriatrics Societyfound that 59.3% of individuals had depression in the last…
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Use of medications during pregnancy is more common in women with preeclampsia than in those without, according to an analysis of women who gave birth at a hospital in Finland in 2002–2016.
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Pierre Vassallo
Pierre Vassallo
by Pierre Vassallo MD PhD FACA Artz fur Radiologie Consultant Radiologist Diffuse parenchymal hepatic diseases usually represent a failure in a hepatic metabolic pathway and can be categorized as storage, vascular, and inflammatory diseases. This article discusses the role of computed tomography (CT),…