MEDICAL NEWS
Medicaid Cuts Tied to Delayed Breast Cancer Diagnoses
7:00 AM EST.
Tennessee's 2005 Medicaid rollback could forecast what might happen if GOP health plans become law,…
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- Being Thin Could Boost Stress Fracture Risk in Female Runners
- Mammogram Decision Hinges on Patient-Doc Talk, Ob-Gyn Group Says
- Too Few Women, Docs Understand Dangers of Heart Disease
- Opioid-Linked Hospitalizations Rising Fastest for Women: Study
JOURNAL UPDATE
Rx Changes, Counseling, Regular Visits Can Cut Opioid Deaths
7:00 PM EST. Doctors can help by not prescribing to certain patients and seeing patients every three months- Dissolvable Microneedle Patch for Flu Vaccine Found Safe, Effective
- Mixed Results on Acupuncture for Incontinence, Infertility
- Lasting Negative Consequences for Anorexia Nervosa
MONTHLY JOURNAL SUMMARY
May 2017 Briefing - OBGYN & Women’s Health
June 01, 2017. The Monthly Journal Summary is a single article covering the most important journal articles published in the previous 30 days.
FEATURED ARTICLES
Characterization of patients with ovarian carcinoma who respond to the PARP inhibitor rucaparib
Elizabeth M. Swisher, MD.
Dr. Elizabeth M. Swisher comments on the implications of new data from the ARIEL2 trial, an ongoing Phase 2 trial of the novel PARP inhibitor rucaparib in relapsed, high-grade serous or endometrioid ovarian cancer. The new results offer an important insight into the genetic mechanisms behind tumor sensitivity…
Bevacizumab for breast cancer: FDA grants a stay of execution
Dr. Alberto De la Guerra.
The Food and Drug Administration has after repeated delays proposed removing metastatic breast cancer as an indication from the Avastin label. The proposal is being contested by Roche/Genentech, the drug’s maker. In this article we review the evidence for and against this decision.
Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines in the US - a Historical Overview
Debbie Miller, RN.
Prior to the introduction of the medical community in the natural birth process, any maternal recommendations and guidelines were passed from mother to daughter or through lay midwives, herbal and folk practitioners. Childbirth, though risky, was not considered pathological and the majority did not receive…
MEDICAL FOCUS
BRCA mutation testing
By Tamer M. Fouad, M.D.The BRCA gene test is used to identify mutations in either one of the two breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2. Women who have inherited…
DISCUSSION
RE: Aspirin Use as Treatment in Colorectal Cancer: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
By Jeffrey A. Gordon, M.D.Thank you for reading my article. Interesting theory. Lots of research is ongoing to figure out the many ways aspirin does it magic.
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