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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.
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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.
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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.
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In this issue: Aspirin and cancer prevention; rivaroxaban for pulmonary embolism; new rhinosinusitis practice guidelines; and FDA actions.
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Subjects in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial estrogen-only study randomized to receive conjugated estrogens had a lower incidence of invasive breast cancer than did those who received placebo.
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Currently, screening for fetal aneuploidy involves a variety of first-line methods that put into play combinations of maternal serum analytes and ultrasound exams in the first and second trimester, with invasive procedures such as chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and amniocentesis being reserved for those at higher risk by history, age, or worrisome results from first-line screening. As will be discussed, each screening combination comes with its own predictive accuracy and now patients and providers can choose from a buffet of screening options, including going right to the main course (amniocentesis or CVS) if one wants 100% accuracy at a small risk of fetal loss (we quote a 1 in 400 risk with amniocentesis and about a 1 in 100 risk for CVS).
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You have just prescribed the selective progesterone receptor modulator emergency contraceptive pill (ECP), ulipristal acetate (ella, Watson Pharma, Morristown, NJ), to the patient sitting in front of you.
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Is development of a HIV vaccine still important with such established HIV prevention approaches as male and female condom use, voluntary medical male circumcision, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) now in place to limit exposure to HIV and reduce infectiousness?
