A study shows that substance abuse treatment integrated with prenatal visits is associated with a positive effect on maternal and newborn health. Medscape Medical News
Physicians increasingly are expected to take an empathetic approach toward patients, and the field of medical humanities offers some guidance. Medscape Med Students
A study of consecutive patients seen in an anxiety-disorders clinic found that 33% met criteria for adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Medscape Medical News
In a recent study, 40% of mothers of children with autistic disorder had serum antibodies that reacted strongly with certain fetal brain proteins. Medscape Medical News
In the prospective, open-label Spare-the-Nephron trial, changes in GFR, calculated GFR, SCr, and calculated CrCl all were significant at 1 year. Medscape Medical News
The investigators studied the effectiveness and safety of a generic fixed-dose combination of tenofovir/emtricitabine/efavirenz among HIV-1-infected patients in Western India. The Medscape Journal of Medicine