OB/GYN General
Feb 11, 2019
Studies and news articles about the importance of the relationship between physicians and patients are prolific; the take away is always the same: better, more frequent communication and deeper empath...
Jan 29, 2019
TUESDAY, Jan. 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) report, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in Pregnancy Clinical Care Pathway, was published onlin...
Jan 18, 2019
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Women going through menopause may have fewer symptoms of depression when they get treatment for insomnia than when they don't, a recent...
Dec 20, 2018
By Andy Skean Senior Editor The incidence of eosinophilic esophagitis has increased significantly over the past 2 decades and is a leading cause of upper gastrointestinal morbidity. Symp...
Dec 10, 2018
New research was presented at SABCS 2018, the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, from December 4-8. The features below highlight some of the studies that emerged from the conference. &...
Nov 06, 2018
Join us Thursday, December 6 at 9:00pm ET for a live, interactive tweetchat with Narjust Duma, MD, on representation of minorities, women, and the elderly in clinical trials, inspired by Dr. Duma's pa...
Oct 08, 2018
New research was presented at ID Week 2018, the combined annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, HIV Medicine Association, and Ped...
Sep 28, 2018
As more targeted therapies and immunotherapies are continuing to reach the oncology market, there has been an increasing number of clinical trials. These new therapeutic options have helped improve ad...
Sep 27, 2018
We recently caught up with Meghan Azad, PhD (MA), and Annika Klopp, MD (AK), to discuss their study on infant feeding and the risk of childhood asthma, published in the Journal of Pediatrics. ...
Sep 26, 2018
Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), an obligate intracellular bacterium that is the causative agent of chlamydia, invades and replicates within epithelial cells of the eye, pharynx, urogenital tract, and rect...
Sep 17, 2018
A system-level approach can improve the uptake of preventive therapy among women at risk for breast cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines recommend that ...
Jun 20, 2018
New research was presented at ASM Microbe 2018, the combined meeting of the American Society for Microbiology annual meeting and the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, f...
Jun 19, 2018
Obesity and overweight affect more than two-thirds of adult Americans, increasing their risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers. The estimated annual medical cost of obesi...
Jun 13, 2018
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Older women with higher levels of anxiety than their peers are also more likely to develop poor bone health that increases the risk of ...
May 22, 2018
Kenilworth, N.J., May 22, 2018 – Trusted by doctors and other healthcare professionals for more than a century, The Merck Manual, now published in its 20th Edition, offers readers the tactile sati...
May 14, 2018
MONDAY, May 14, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Anxiety levels are associated with bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture risk in the lumbar spine and femoral neck among postmenopausal women, according to a...
Apr 19, 2018
The following was originally posted to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases Blog. April is Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Awareness month ...
Mar 30, 2018
Recent research on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of bacterial vaginosis (BV) reveals a growing frustration among women affected by this infection. Affecting over 21 million women annually, ...
Mar 16, 2018
A Baylor College of Medicine study from 2017 found that women who deliver on the weekends – and their babies – are more likely to suffer poor outcomes. Although the increased risk of death for ...