Some good news from last year though; data for the 2014-2015 flu season shows similar vaccination rates for healthcare professionals as in the previous year, but still up from past years. Medscape Medical News …read more
In Medscape’s first-ever report on women in medicine, most female physicians in leadership positions say they are happy with both their careers and personal lives. Medscape Business of Medicine …read more
Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Texas A&M Health Science Center compared hospital readmission rates for women who delivered their baby in rural versus urban… …read more
New research presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Stockholm shows that diabetic women are more at risk than diabetic men of having a… …read more
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 19 studies containing almost 11 million patients shows that diabetic women are around 40% more likely to suffer acute coronary syndromes (heart attack or… …read more
The panel requested more data on safety with repeated vaccination with Fluad. Medscape Medical News …read more
The diet has been shown to reduce the risk for heart disease, and now it appears to prevent breast cancer. Medscape Medical News …read more
Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautioned against using a minimally invasive method to treat fibroid tumors called power morcellation, there was a nearly quarter increase in hospital… …read more
Societies are failing women, children and adolescents, particularly in the poorest communities around the world, and urgent action is needed to save lives and improve health, say global health… …read more
One in 30 women who had surgery with a mesh sling to treat urinary incontinence required revision; high-volume surgeons had lower revision rates. Medscape Medical News …read more