15 weeks pregnant: your pregnancy week by week
What is happening in week 15 of your pregnancy? Your baby is now the size of a navel orange and is developing its ability to breathe. …read more
Better communication about sex is just as effective as “Female Viagra”
A hormone treatment with oxytocin improves the sexual experience of women suffering from sexual dysfunction. …read more
Antibiotic Resistance Predicted to Take Big Toll in Surgery
A new study has shed light on the effect of antibiotic resistance on prophylactic regimens commonly used for surgery and chemotherapy. Medscape Medical News …read more
Bariatric Surgery Improves Pregnancy Chances in Obese Women
Bariatric surgery was associated with improved fertility and reproductive outcomes, but it should be a last resort, according to experts. Medscape Medical News …read more
No Amount of Alcohol Safe During Pregnancy, AAP Reiterates
Women who are pregnant or are planning to become pregnant should abstain from alcohol use entirely, according to a new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Medscape Medical News …read more
Breast Cancer Mortality After Diagnosis of DCIS
Dr Andrew Kaunitz comments on the bottom-line messages of this important study. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
Bariatric Surgery May Up Risk, Change Pattern of Fractures
Patients who have bariatric surgery are at risk of breaking a bone shortly afterward, and the fractures are more typical of osteoporosis than of obesity, a new preliminary study suggests. Medscape Medical News …read more
Alcohol and first sexual experience: Risks for young women
If a young woman’s first sexual experience involves alcohol, she is more likely to be at risk for problems such as sexual assault, and this risk may persist in her future, new research finds. …read more
When Trying to Prevent Preterm Delivery, Amniotic Fluid Inflammation Matters
Midtrimester short cervix interventions to prevent preterm delivery appear to be effective only in the setting of intra-amniotic inflammation, researchers report. Reuters Health Information …read more
Ovarian Cancer Is Not a Death
Dr Markman comments on a recent study demonstrating that nearly a third of ovarian cancer patients live for 10 years and predicts that treatment advances will improve 10-year survival even more. Medscape Oncology …read more