Dr Maurie Markman highlights a number of provocative trials assessing new treatment approaches to gynecologic cancer that will be presented at the 2015 ASCO annual meeting. Medscape Oncology …read more
Just more than half of women reported Tdap vaccination before, during, or after pregnancy, which falls far short of current recommendations for vaccination during pregnancy. Medscape Medical News …read more
Risk assessment for hereditary cancer is the key to identifying patients and families who may be at increased risk of developing certain types of gynecologic cancer. Medscape Medical News …read more
To prevent gonorrhea and chlamydial reinfection when a patient’s partners do not seek medical care, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists supports the use of expedited partner therapy. Medscape Medical News …read more
Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have found that drinking chamomile tea was associated with a decreased risk of death from all causes in Mexican-American women… …read more
The United States now ranks 60th in the world, and worst among developed nations, in maternal mortality. Each year more than 600 women in the United States die from pregnancy and childbirth, and more… …read more
Most women who receive the Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine do so after delivery, contrary to recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices, which calls… …read more
Women who choose not to participate in a clinical trial may be significantly more likely to later regret that decision than women who choose to participate in the study, according to a team of Penn… …read more
Risk of gestational diabetes, which produces hyperglycemia in many pregnant women, has been associated with the sex of the fetus in a large new study. …read more
Patients with bladder cancers who present urinary tract infections, rather than hematuria, have significantly longer time to diagnosis, worse pathology, and increased risk for death. Medscape Medical News …read more