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In this issue: New reports about proton pump inhibitors and the effects of gastric suppression, pioglitazone vs vitamin E for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, metformin and vitamin B12 deficiency, and FDA Actions.
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The purpose of this study was to estimate the association between antibacterial medications and selected birth defects.
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This spring a consensus opinion appears in the journal Diabetes Care, which represented a summary of deliberations of the International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG), a collaboration of 225 experts in the field from 40 countries, who gathered in Pasadena, CA, in June 2008. Since the current screening protocol for gestational diabetes (GDM) is about 40 years old, the group's goal was to make recommendations based on the best up-to-date information.
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women. To investigate the potential role of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in lung cancer development, the authors evaluated a prospective cohort of 36,588 peri- and postmenopausal women aged 50-76 years from Washington State recruited in 2000-2002 as part of the Vitamins and Lifestyle (VITAL) Study.
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To assess the efficacy and toxicity of combination pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) and carboplatin against industry-standard paclitaxel and carboplatin, patients with histologically proven ovarian cancer with recurrence more than 6 months after first- or second-line platinum- and taxane-based therapies were randomly assigned by stratified blocks to CD (carboplatin area under the curve [AUC] 5 plus PLD 30 mg/m2) every 4 weeks or CP (carboplatin AUC 5 plus paclitaxel 175 mg/m2) every 3 weeks for at least 6 cycles.
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Learn to be more specific in your sexual health history taking. Results of a new study from the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University in Bloomington indicate that no uniform consensus exists when the term "had sex" is used.
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Signs have been pointing toward a renaissance for intrauterine devices (IUDs). Since 2005, IUD use has gone up by 161%, according to SDI Health, a health care analytics firm in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
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While surgery is the most accepted method for treating ovarian endometriomas, recurrence often is recorded. Results from newly published research, which evaluates use of cyclic and continuous administration of oral contraceptives post surgical removal, indicate that Pill use can effectively reduce and delay endometrioma recurrence.
