Category: Health
How to stay educated – as a patient and physician?
Dr. Bhatia’s take: read articles of interest and stay current with trends in the field.
Read MoreCervical Cancer Prevention Efforts May Be Lacking
Gynecologists are not generally complying with guidelines for cervical cancer screening and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, a survey shows.
Read MoreNCI Panel: Stop Calling Low-Risk Lesions ‘Cancer’
A group sanctioned by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has published a 5-point proposal; one big idea is to reclassify indolent and low-risk lesions and drop the term cancer.
Read MoreACOG Issues New Practice Bulletin on Gestational Diabetes
The new document reviews recent clinical trial data but concludes that the management of gestational diabetes should remain the same. However, it does propose a new performance measure for physicians.
Read MoreHPV Vaccine Use Stalls in US Girls
HPV vaccination rates in US girls aged 13 to 17 years failed to increase between 2011 and 2012, which has US federal health officials concerned.
Read More‘Caution’ Warranted if Consuming Artificial Sweetener
All sweeteners, even those without calories, are associated with increased risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease, according to an expert.
Read MoreHPV: Less Than a Third of Patients Vaccinated
The reality of HPV vaccination does not match the professional support for the prevention strategy.
Read MoreSimilar Outcomes with Oral and IUD Hormonal Therapy for Endometrial Neoplasia
For women with endometrial hyperplasia or early cancer who require or prefer a nonsurgical approach, hormone therapy yields similar outcomes whether delivered orally or via an intrauterine device (IUD), a new study shows. Overall, however, women with early adenocarcinoma had considerably fewer complete responses to primary hormone therapy compared to women with hyperplasia, the researchers…
Read MoreEndometrial Ablation Effective for Irregular Bleeding
Women with heavy, irregular bleeding can be treated with endometrial ablation as effectively as women whose cycles are heavy but regular, according to new research. “Most of the literature is on endometrial ablation for heavy bleeding — menorrhagia. Some people counsel their patients away from getting ablation if they have irregular bleeding because there’s no…
Read MoreUS Task Force Urges Gestational Diabetes Testing at 24 Weeks
The US Preventive Services Task Force issued a draft statement earlier this week that recommends screening asymptomatic pregnant women at 24 weeks for gestational diabetes, based on what it says is solid evidence. It also calls for the public to visit its Web site and comment on this draft during the next month. “In 2008,…
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