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These Israeli researchers assigned 44 women with overactive bladder alternately into 2 groups: one group receiving 3 months of pelvic floor rehabilitation, and the other receiving oxybutynin.
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Cho and colleagues studied 47 women with ultrasound-proven adenomyosis over a 3-year time period.
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Often there are articles in the ultrasound literature that have diagnostic implications extending far past the ultrasound findings that were the centerpieces of these papers.
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In This Issue: Guidelines for prediabetes from The American College of Endocrinology; statins for the prevention of dementia? Possible help for women suffering from sexual side effects while on antidepressants; government incentives for electronic prescribing; FDA Actions.
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The Nurses' Health Study reported an update of its data on the use of hormone therapy and stroke, focusing on the timing of initiation of treatment and the effect of estrogen doses.
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The authors hypothesized that certain pain symptoms characterize IC/PBS. They reviewed criteria used in two recent studies to look for commonalities.
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It has been common practice to "strip" or "sweep" membranes after 38 weeks to initiate spontaneous labor or, at least, to discourage patients from delivering after 42 weeks.
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Berg and colleagues from 21 centers in the U.S. report the results of a prospective, multicenter, randomized trial designed to validate the performance of screening ultrasound in conjunction with mammography in women with dense breasts and at high risk for breast cancer.
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The two main modifiers of pathogenesis are age and sex. Reversible and irreversible modifications to cellular machinery through genetic and epigenetic mechanisms begin with embryogenesis. For instance, certain aspects of in vitro culture conditions "imprint" genetically normal embryos by altering methylation patterns and gene expression.
