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Women's Health
New data from University of Massachusetts illuminate research in women's health
May 12th, 2008
" To provide information on the prevalence of use of cardiovascular drugs, some of which may have fetotoxic or teratogenic effects, in the outpatient setting among pregnant women in the United States. A retrospective study was conducted using the automated databases of seven health plans participating in the HMO Research Network Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERT)," scientists in the United States report. "Women who delivered an infant from I January 2001 to 31 December 2005 were identified. Cardiovascular drug use was evaluated assuming a gestational duration of 270 days. During the period 2001 through 2005, 118 935 deliveries were identified that...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2008-05-12)
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