The new USPSTF draft recommendations for screening and treating iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women and young children mirror the group’s earlier recommendations. Medscape Medical News …read more
Arizona Republican Governor Doug Ducey signed a law on Monday that requires doctors to tell women that drug-induced abortions can be reversed and that blocks the purchase of insurance on the Obamacare health exchange that includes abortion coverage. Reuters Health Information …read more
Adding the antiangionic agent to combination chemotherapy shows a clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival compared with standard chemotherapy alone. Medscape Medical News …read more
Exposure to common air pollutants are ‘likely’ leading to increased rates of ADHD and externalizing problems in our population. Medscape Medical News …read more
A new report from the National Cancer Institute and other bodies claims breast cancer consists of four subtypes, and incidence of these subtypes varies by age and other factors. …read more
“Just call the police, they have to do something,” is sometimes the advice given to a woman who reveals that she is a victim of intimate partner violence (IPV), more commonly called domestic… …read more
Newborns of women who have gestational diabetes treated with glyburide appear to be at increased risk for admission to the neonatal intensive care unit, respiratory distress, hypoglycemia, birth… …read more
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society of Gynecologic Oncology have issued a new practice bulletin on endometrial cancer to aid in early diagnosis, early management. Medscape Medical News …read more
Study compares mortality rates of women with painful knee and hand osteoarthritis with the mortality of unaffected women from the same community; demonstrates higher risk of early death in the group… …read more
Women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be at increased risk of cervical dysplasia and cancer, according to a new study1 published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official… …read more