Preterm and small-for-gestational-age birth across generations

Article Abstract:

Adult women who were small-for-gestational age (SGA) themselves may be twice as likely to give birth to an SGA infant. Researchers in Denmark compared statistics regarding size at birth and preterm deliveries of women born from 1959 to 1961 in Copenhagen to similar statistics on their infants. Twenty-five percent of the infants of SGA women were SGA, versus 11% of the infants of non-SGA women. Women who were born preterm had a slightly higher risk of having preterm infants. Fetal growth may follow a familial pattern based on heredity rather than the mother's adult size.

Research, Genetic aspects, Birth weight, Low, Low birth weight, Premature birth, Familial diseases

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Issues in clinical trial design: Stopping a trial early and the large and simple trial

Article Abstract:

A primary function of the Data Safety and Monitoring Committee, during the conduct of a clinical trial, is to select the trial conduct and the accumulating data to determine whether the trial should continue or be discontinued earlier than planned. Some of the reasons for early discontinuation of a trial include, evidence of benefit, evidence of harm and evidence of futility.

Methods, Clinical trials, Experimental design, Research design

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Medical student identification of domestic violence as measured on an objective, standardized clinical examination

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted with the objective of examining the incidence and predictors of domestic violence screening by third-year medical students at the end of their clerkship. This patient study revealed that there was a low rate of domestic violence screening by history.

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Domestic Violence (Families), Medical students, Education, Family violence, Domestic violence

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