Drora Fraser

TL;DR: In this article, the authors randomly assigned 322 moderately obese subjects (mean age, 52 years; mean body-mass index [the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters], 31; male sex, 86%) to one of three diets: low-fat, restricted-calorie; Mediterranean, restricted calorie; or low-carbohydrate, non-restricted calorie.

TL;DR: It is concluded that maternal nutrition is a modifiable risk factor of public health importance that can be integrated into efforts to prevent adverse birth outcomes, particularly among economically developing/low-income populations.

TL;DR: Maternal anemia influences birthweight and preterm delivery, but in the population, is not associated with adverse perinatal outcome.

TL;DR: A double-blind, randomized study involving 264 toddlers attending day care centers was conducted to document the effect of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the carriage rate of pneumococci, finding protection against carriage of S. pneumoniae serotypes 6B, 9V, 14, 19F, and 23F.

TL;DR: Carriage of organisms with decreased antibiotic susceptibility was associated with young age, female sex, winter season, and exposure to antimicrobial drugs during the previous month.