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High-fructose diet during pregnancy may harm placenta, restrict fetal growth (Links to an external site)
Drug prescribed to treat gout, kidney stones may negate the sugar’s ill effects
New patient center under construction
An expansion of our partner hospitals will include new facilities for our women and infants patients, opening in late 2017.
Access to affordable birth control (Links to an external site)
Op-ed by Colleen McNicholas, DO: Birth control is fundamental basic health care that every woman should have access to.
Natural sugar may treat fatty liver disease (Links to an external site)
Mouse study shows the sugar trehalose triggers liver cells to clean up their excess fat
Preventing C-section infections (Links to an external site)
Study led by Methodius G. Tuuli, MD, finds chlorhexidine is better than iodine, recommends altering standard skin-prep practices.