OB/GYN Clinical Alert – November 1, 2005
November 1, 2005
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Comparing the Observational and Clinical Trial Arms of the Women’s Health Initiative
The epidemiologic investigators of the Womens Health Initiative (WHI) report a comparison of cardiovascular events in the observational arm with 53,054 women and the clinical trial arm with 16,608 women. -
Uterine Suspension for Pelvic Pain
Patients with pain, retroversion, dysmenorrheal and/or dyspareunia were recruited from 5 private practices. Pain was rated from 0 to 10 pre-operatively, and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months post-operatively. -
How to Identify Twins at Low Risk of Spontaneous Preterm Delivery
The incidence of twins is now about 1 in 40 pregnancies, up from the 1 in 80 figure over a decade ago. Infertility treatments are almost exclusively responsible for this doubling effect. -
TLK286 Demonstrates Activity in Platinum and Paclitaxel Resistant and Refractory Ovarian Cancer
Development and evaluation of novel agents to treat patients with ovarian cancer is a continuous (particularly for recurrent ovarian cancer patients) as well as curative therapy in this setting has yet to be identified. -
Special Feature: Ovarian Cancer: Can One Be Too Old for Cancer Care?
It is now well appreciated that the combination of increasing life expectancy and declining fertility rates is producing a generation of older individualsa trend that is anticipated to continue into the foreseeable future. -
Pharmacology Watch: Roche is Under Pressure Over Its Antiviral Drug Tamiflu
ACE Inhibitors or ARBs for Prediabetics?; Xigris is Approved for Severe Sepsis; ACE Inhibitors Inhibiting Aortic Valve Stenosis?; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement