Sep 28, 2021

“It has been well established that health literacy is a key social determinant of health in many areas of medicine, but it has been relatively understudied in pregnancy,” explains Lynn M. Yee, MD,...

Sep 27, 2021

Antibiotic resistance is widespread throughout the world and represents a serious health concern. There is an urgent need for the development of novel tools for rapidly distinguishing antibiotic resis...

Sep 27, 2021

A urine dipstick test used for prompt diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) is a rapid and cost-effective method. The main objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of the urine dipstic...

Sep 27, 2021

Numerous studies have examined the prognostic value of ubiquitin-specific protease 7 (USP7) in cancer, but the results remain controversial. Differences in assessment assays (mRNA/protein) used could ...

Sep 27, 2021

The array SPR imaging (SPRi) technique is well suited to the determination of biomarkers in body fluids, called liquid biopsy. No signal enhancement or analyte preconcentration is required. With the a...

Sep 27, 2021

The field of obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) is facing growing competition for young professionals in Germany, with high interest rates among female graduates and a declining proportion of male stu...

Sep 20, 2021

“Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) disproportionately affects women aged 18-39, during childbearing years,” explains Jennifer Hsiao, MD. “Data also suggest a possible increased risk of adverse pregn...

Sep 20, 2021

To characterize the racial/ethnic representation in the studies used in the American Urological Association (AUA)/ Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU)...

Sep 20, 2021

Ultrasound is widely used as the initial diagnostic imaging modality during pregnancy with both high spatial and temporal resolution. Although MRI in pregnancy has long focused on the fetus, its use i...

Sep 20, 2021

A series of fluorinated and hydroxylated 2,4-diphenyl indenopyridinols were designed and synthesized using l-proline-catalyzed and microwave-assisted synthetic methods for the development of new antic...

Sep 20, 2021

While the availability, utility, and complexity of genetic testing expands, limited information exists regarding obstetrician-gynecologist (OB/GYN) residents' knowledge of genetics and confidence in p...

Sep 20, 2021

Medical educators may assess learners' professionalism through clinical scenarios eliciting value conflicts - situations in which an individual's values differ from others' perceived values. We examin...

Sep 15, 2021

“According to current estimates, approximately 9% of patients with uterine cancer have metastatic disease at the time of their initial presentation,” says Yuefeng Wang, MD, PhD. “In addition to ...

Sep 06, 2021

Urinary incontinence is prevalent among patients receiving home hospice and presents multiple care management challenges for nurses and family caregivers.This study sought to understand how urinary in...

Sep 06, 2021

Pelvic pain is a debilitating condition that is common among women with pelvic floor disorders. Limited information is known about the impact of preoperative pelvic pain on outcomes after vaginal reco...

Sep 06, 2021

In early pregnancy, hypoxia is a typical extrinsic factor that regulates EVT functions including proliferation, migration and invasion which are essential for a successful pregnancy. Human differentia...

Sep 06, 2021

To examine the association between epilepsy and frequency and time of initiation of prenatal care use among pregnant women in Finland.We conducted a nationally representative, population-based cross-s...

Sep 06, 2021

Bevacizumab (BV) plus chemotherapy is broadly used in advanced ovarian cancer (OC). However, the efficacy of BV-based regimens for advanced OC patients is not satisfactory. Therefore, it is urgent to ...

Sep 06, 2021

A growing body of literature suggests chronically higher bile acid (BA) concentrations may be associated with multiple health conditions. Diet may affect BA metabolism and signaling; however, evidence...

Sep 06, 2021

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) promote metastasis and inhibit T cells, but macrophages can be polarized to kill cancer cells. Macrophage polarization could thus be a strategy for controlling can...