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The journal Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety has published a new brief report: “Safe Lists for Medications in Pregnancy: Inadequate Evidence Base and Inconsistent Guidance from Web-based Information, 2011.” You can read the article’s abstract here. See below for a summary of the findings from this article.

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Learn more about ground water, the threats to its safety, and how to protect your own ground water sources during Ground Water Awareness Week.

Gerson therapy is a complex regimen that has been used to treat people with cancer and other diseases. It includes a strict diet, dietary supplements, and enemas. No results of laboratory or animal studies have been published in scientific journals. Learn more in this expert-reviewed summary.

Guidance for the Prevention and Control of Influenza in the Peri- and Postpartum Settings - CDC

Prostate cancer treatment can include active surveillance, surgery, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and supportive care. Learn more about treatment options for prostate cancer in this expert-reviewed summary.

H7N9 Update; CDC Pandemic Preparedness Activities Progress

The ELSI Research Program is the largest dedicated extramural bioethics research program at the NIH. Its budget has grown from $1.57 million in fiscal year 1990 to over $18 million in fiscal year 2014. The program has awarded over $335 million in research support, and has funded more than 500 projects, which collectively, have resulted in thousands of publications.

Alberto Díaz-Quiñonez, PhD1, Irma Hernández-Monroy1, Norma Montes-Colima1, Asunción Moreno-Pérez1, Adriana Galicia-Nicolás1, Hugo Martínez-Rojano, PhD1, Concepción Carmona-Ramos, MD2, Miroslava Sánchez-Mendoza, PhD2, José Cruz Rodríguez-Martínez3, Lorena Suárez-Idueta, MD3, María Eugenia Jiménez-Corona, PhD3, Cuitláhuac Ruiz-Matus, MD3, Pablo Kuri-Morales, MD4 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Kamil E. Barbour, PhD1, Judy A. Stevens, PhD2, Charles G.