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• ASTHMA -- RESCUE INHALERS DON'T TRACK DOSAGE:  Rescue inhalers for asthmatics don't keep track of bronchodilator doses used or remaining, leaving some patients in the lurch when they need the drugs most.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3829
  
• ASTHMA -- INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS DON'T ALTER DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASE:  Inhaled corticosteroids do not alter the development of asthma in early childhood, although in some children they may relieve persistent or severe wheezing, according to two reports.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3269
  
• AMENORRHEA AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY DOES NOT HAMPER PREGNANCY:  Women who have transient amenorrhea for as long seven months following spinal cord injury can conceive, carry the fetus to term and nurse the infant following delivery, researchers have reported.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3181
  
• AVOIDING MILK IN PREGNANCY LEADS TO LOWER WEIGHT BABIES:  Women who spurn milk during pregnancy to avoid gaining weight tend to have lighter babies, researchers have reported.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3158
  
• STRESSED MOTHERS STILL NEED TO SUPPORT BABIES:  Just when it is highly difficult for a stressed mother to offer the most support, when a baby is wailing inconsolably, is when the infant needs loving attention the most-an approach said to pay dividends for later security.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3828
  
• CHILDREN WITH MENTALLY ILL MOTHERS AT INCREASED RISK:  Children of mothers suffering from the triad of mental health problems, substance use, and domestic violence are at increased risk for emotional and behavioral problems as early as age three, according to researchers.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3206
  
• VACCINE ADJUVANT MAY BOOST IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BABIES:  A novel adjuvant approach may allow newborns to be vaccinated against a range of pathogens, which could arm infants with immune responses as powerful as those seen in adults.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3164
  
• RALOXIFENE REDUCES BREAST CANCER, INCREASES STROKES:  Even as Evista (raloxifene) reduced the risk of invasive breast cancer by 44 percent compared with placebo, it had a sharply increased relative risk of fatal strokes, according to a study of more than 10,000 postmenopausal women.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3716
  
• AUTISM DIAGNOSES DELAYED BY PEDIATRICIANS:  Autism's full spectrum is not often on the radar screen of primary care pediatricians, and even when doctors are thinking autism a proper diagnosis may take a year or more.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3275
  
• PLACENTAL SIGNS MAY SIGNAL AUTISM:  Preserved placentas from children later diagnosed with autism contained cellular abnormalities that could be the earliest signs of the condition.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3638
  
• ACOG WANTS YOUNG ADOLESCENTS AS PATIENTS:  The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is indulging in what pediatricians and family doctors might consider cradle-robbing. ACOG wants girls as young as 13 to get under the ob-gyn umbrella. http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3267
  
• INCREASE IN CAESAREAN RATES TIED TO OBESITY:  The ever increasing rates of cesarean births in the United States are now estimated at 29 percent of births, may have more to do with overweight and obese patients than doctors' tee times or patient requests.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3268
  
• INFANT MORTALITY FALLS AGAIN AFTER SPIKE:  The US infant mortality rate, an important indicator of the nation's health, is back on the right track after rising slightly in 2002. http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3260
  
• TEEN VIRGINITY PLEDGES -- HALF RECANTED IN FIRST YEAR:  Virginity pledges by adolescents are recanted at a high rate within a year, according to a national survey of thousands of teens.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex2.cfm?tbid=3223

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