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Results from this small intervention trial out of New Zealand strongly suggest that 200 mg/d of CoQ10 does not lower blood pressure in patients with metabolic syndrome and unsuccessfully treated hypertension.
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Aspirin is a common preventive agent for cardiovascular disease. Its use for cancer prevention has been studied for many years, but meta-analytic results were lacking until now.
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Endoscopic hysterectomy and staging has proved to be equivalent to open laparotomy in reference to survival for selected women with endometrial cancer. Increasingly, endoscopic procedures are being performed with robotic assistance under the claim of improved safety and efficacy.
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In this issue: Drug shortages; metformin and cancer prevention; migraine prevention guidelines; and FDA actions.
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To investigate the attitudes and practices of health care providers toward intrauterine device (IUD) use in nulliparous women, the authors performed a national survey of both office-based physicians and Title X health care providers from December 2009 to March 2010.
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For years, clinicians have been trying to find ways to predict shoulder dystocia (SD), a complication that can have serious consequences for some infants and, on occasion, for the providers who delivered these babies.
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The authors performed a randomized, single-blind trial of the effects of a paracervical block (PCB) or sham block on pain with cervical dilation and aspiration during first trimester abortion. Enrollment of subjects was stratified by gestational age (early: < 8 weeks, n = 60; late: 8-10 6/7 weeks, n = 60).
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