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Breast Cancer Screening: Tomosynthesis Is Beneficial for High-Risk Patients
This cohort study examined rates of advanced breast cancer diagnosis among women screened with digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). Women with extremely dense breasts and who were at high risk for breast cancer benefited from DBT, with a 53% lower risk of developing advanced cancer compared to those screened with digital mammography alone. No differences were seen for women at low to average risk.
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Pregnancy Outcomes in Cancer Survivors
This study demonstrated that women with a prior history of chemotherapy exposure have a higher prevalence of adverse pregnancy outcomes compared to those without a previous history, with no differences in neonatal outcomes.
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OB/GYN Clinical Alert Welcomes Michael Roche as Peer Reviewer
Michael Roche, MD, joins OB/GYN Clinical Alert as peer reviewer.
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IUD Perforations Are Rare, but Risk Is Slightly Higher for Nursing Mothers
New research shows that perforation from IUDs is incredibly rare, although the risk is slightly higher with breastfeeding at the time of insertion. Overall, the rate of any perforation was fewer than two per 1,000 person-years.
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Immigrants Face Language Barriers and Other Challenges to Reproductive Health Access
More than 22 million non-citizens live in the United States — about 7% of the total U.S. population. Many do not have access to healthcare, including reproductive services. Immigrants — including refugees, those with permanent residency, and those who are undocumented — face additional challenges and barriers to reproductive care.
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Black Women Often Have Fewer Reproductive Health Options
For Black women, the concept of reproductive choice is a privilege they often lack, according to research on abortion in the context of structural racism and reproductive injustice.
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Health Coaching Can Encourage Contraceptive Continuation
If the goal is to promote contraceptive continuation, health coaching tactics could be the answer, according to a recent study. Other behavior change tactics include motivational interviewing and healthcare navigation interventions, which are designed to activate an individual’s intrinsic desire to make a behavior change.
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Mobile Health Technology’s Effects on Contraceptive Use Remain Unproven
Mobile health (mHealth) technology and interventions have been proven to affect behavior change in the areas of obesity and smoking, but their effect on contraception behavior remains unproven, according to recent research. Using mHealth in reproductive healthcare has helped increase patients’ knowledge of contraception methods, but there was no conclusive research on whether the interventions could change behavior.
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Cardiac Xenotransplantation Could Fill the Organ Donor Gap, But Is It Ethical?
There are not enough organs for heart failure patients who need them, and cardiac xenotransplantation is one potential, albeit controversial, solution.
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Telehealth Expands Contraceptive Access, but Some Youth Just Want Face-to-Face Care
A research review involving telemedicine-delivered contraceptive health services to female adolescents and young adults revealed that youth find these acceptable, but some reported a preference for in-person care.