Your practice includes adolescent patients, young women of reproductive age, those in perimenopause, and newly menopausal women. Which group should receive counseling about bone health?
A new policy statement issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and backed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists states that the health benefits of circumcision in newborn males outweigh any risks and insurance companies should pay for it.
In this issue: Side effects of statins; effects of cannabis use; antihypertensives and lip cancer; and FDA actions.
Sentinel lymph node biopsy is an assessment tool for early metastatic nodal spread used in management of many solid tumors.
Recently, there has been an increased focus on the identification of fetal anomalies and aneuploidy through first and early second trimester maternal testing, which has improved early identification of these disorders.
The authors performed a retrospective cohort study of 1,293,423 pregnant women aged 16 to 40 in the United States from June 1, 2005 to May 30, 2008, using data from the Quest Diagnostics Informatics Data Warehouse.
Previous studies have demonstrated the feasibility of identifying sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) in the pelvic and para-aortic nodal basins in women with endometrial cancer.
These authors from Louisiana State University and the University of Hawaii set out to evaluate the quality of information available on the Internet regarding pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence.
In this issue: Aspirin and cancer prevention; rivaroxaban for pulmonary embolism; new rhinosinusitis practice guidelines; and FDA actions.
