Katie Lennon is editor of MDedge's Family Practice News and Internal Medicine News. She has also served as editor of CHEST Physician; a staff writer for Financial Times publications; and a reporter for the Princeton Packet, Ocean County Observer, and South Bend Tribune. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. Follow her on Twitter @KatieWLennon.
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Smoking sped progression of multiple sclerosis
A population-based, case-control study demonstrated that smoking after being diagnosed with MS is associated with decreased time to secondary...
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AHA begins Cryptogenic Stroke Initiative
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has launched the Cryptogenic Stroke Initiative to support patients and caregivers in...
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USPSTF silent on iron supplementation in pregnancy
The USPSTF has declined to take a stance on whether pregnant women who are asymptomatic for iron deficiency anemia should be screened for iron...
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Study: Bipolar mothers’ interaction with infants weaker than unipolar mothers’
Maternal-infant interaction was worse when mothers had bipolar depression, compared with when mothers had unipolar depression or no depression,...