FDA Warns Against Using Ovarian Cancer Screening Tests
None of the tests on the market are reliable, meaning they could lead women to forgo needed care, or opt for unnecessary care, the agency said. News Alerts …read more
Age-Dependent Intervention Thresholds Best for Fracture Risk
When the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool is used for assessment of the likelihood of osteoporosis, age-dependent intervention thresholds that are country-specific are best, a new review indicates. Medscape Medical News …read more
Twin Delivery Should Be at 37 Weeks to Minimize Deaths
Expert review and meta-analysis suggests uncomplicated dichorionic twins should be delivered at 37 weeks’ gestation; no clear evidence supports delivery of monochorionic twins before 36 weeks. Medscape Medical News …read more
Cesarean delivery may increase risk of childhood obesity
Cesarean birth may be associated with higher risk of obesity in children and is significant in families when compared with siblings born by vaginal birth. …read more
Cesarean Birth Tied to Higher Obesity Risk, Even Among Sibs
Cesarean delivery was associated with obesity in offspring, although the underlying mechanisms for this were unclear, according to a prospective cohort study. Medscape Medical News …read more
Two Talc-Ovarian Cancer Lawsuits Dismissed by NJ Judge
Two lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson that charged that the company’s talc powder had caused ovarian cancer have been dismissed, but hundreds of other trials await. Medscape Medical News …read more
Two Talc-Ovarian Cancer Lawsuits Dismissed by NJ Judge
Two lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson that charged that the company’s talc powder had caused ovarian cancer have been dismissed, but hundreds of other trials await. Medscape Medical News …read more
Will Birth Control Apps Reduce Unintended Pregnancies?
With new apps, pharmacist prescriptions, and possible OTC availability in the future, access to oral contraceptives is getting easier and easier. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
Deaths from ovarian cancer decline worldwide due to oral contraceptive use
Deaths from ovarian cancer fell worldwide between 2002 and 2012 and are predicted to continue to decline in the USA, European Union (EU) and, though to a smaller degree, in Japan by 2020, according… …read more
Controlling the amount of heparan sulphate – a carbohydrate needed for foetal development
Heparan sulphate occurs as carbohydrate chains which are very important for human body cells both for normal foetal development and during the course of various diseases. …read more