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After two pretreatment cycles, 196 patients with menorrhagia were randomized to tranexamic acid or placebo.
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Recent investigation into the molecular pathogenesis of epithelial ovarian cancer has implicated two dominant phenotypes.
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When the Ortho Evra transdermal contraceptive (Ortho Women's Health & Urology, Raritan, NJ) was introduced in 2002, use of the patch caught on quickly with young women.
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You have just reviewed instructions on proper oral contraceptive (OC) use with your patient, a 22-year-old mother of three.
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[Editor's note: This story discusses off-label use of the antidepressant medication escitalopram (Lexapro, Forest Laboratories, New York City).]
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A 25-year-old G3P1021 presents to clinic concerned that her intrauterine device (IUD) strings feel longer. She is otherwise asymptomatic.
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A 58-year-old auto salesman was referred for initial management of metastatic pancreatic cancer. He had been well until approximately 3 months prior when he began to experience epigastric and mid-back pain.
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Approximately 10% of patients with newly diagnosed acute myelogenous (AML) leukemia have a history of prior treatment with chemotherapy, radiation, or both (t-AML).
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Using the SEER database, data for patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas diagnosed in 1995-2005 were analyzed for the occurrence of suicide. As expected, the rates were higher than those reported for the general population, but among men, particularly those who were recovering from surgery, the mortality rate from suicide was 10 times greater than that of the general population. Care providers should be aware of this heightened risk and intervene as possible.
