Doctors Are Weighing the Legal Risks of Providing Abortion Care
“I will still have those conversations, but I’m not going to tell my employer that I’m having them and I’m not going to document them in the chart.” WebMD Health News …read more
Guideline Advises Against Depression Screening in Pregnancy
The latest guidelines from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommend against screening all individuals for depression during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. Medscape Medical News …read more
TNF Inhibitor Use for RA Shows Beneficial Effect in Pregnancy
Women who treated their rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy with a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor gave birth to infants with higher birth weights, without a higher risk of adverse outcomes. Medscape Medical News …read more
At Least 27M With COVID May Have Long-term Loss of Smell, Taste
Researchers find that a month after infection only 74% of patients globally reported smell recovery and 79% of patients reported taste recovery. Medscape Medical News …read more
Vitamin D Supplements Do Not Lower Risk of Fractures
Vitamin D supplementation did not significantly lower the risk of nonvertebral, hip, or incident total fractures in an ancillary study of the Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL). Medscape Medical News …read more
Legal Abortion Is a Matter of Public Health
Guaranteeing the right to terminate a pregnancy voluntarily is also guaranteeing the health and safety of women, says a physician. Guaranteeing this right thus remains a public health imperative. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
Guidance Abounds for Prescribing Medication Abortions
Physicians can take advantage of simpler protocols and changes in dispensing regulations, although many barriers remain. Medscape Medical News …read more
Scientists Aim to Combat COVID With a Shot in the Nose
Developing an intranasal COVID vaccine is among the ideas scientists are testing to keep ahead of an evolving virus. Medscape Medical News …read more
Should Monkeypox Be Considered an STD? Experts Debate
As the number of monkeypox cases keeps growing, a discussion has opened on whether it should be considered a sexually transmitted disease, like herpes, gonorrhea, or HIV. WebMD Health News …read more
Hormone Therapy Risk in Postmenopausal ER+ Breast Cancer
Hormone therapy did not increase mortality in postmenopausal women treated for early-stage estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer, but there was a recurrence risk with vaginal estrogen therapy. MDedge News …read more