Search results for "Women's Health"
Gender gap increases women's heart risks
Nearly half the time, the first clue a physician gets that a woman has heart disease is that she drops dead. Updated guidelines now dictate physicians should first screen for a woman's risk factors for heart disease by age 20.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/11/heart.htm
1 Nov 2008
Copper IUDs effective as emergency contraception
Copper intrauterine devices (IUDs) are safe and highly effective for emergency contraception and regular contraception and are extremely cost-effective as an ongoing method, authors of a meta-analysis concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/15/5.htm
15 May 2012
Changing antibiotic prescribing not a one-step process
It's hard for a physician to ‘unlearn’ everything about prescribing antibiotics, but doctors are taking the new lessons to heart in order to stave off antibiotic resistance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/09/editors.htm
1 Sep 2012
Breast cancer risk higher with hormone therapy started close to menopause, study indicates
Prognostic scores don't reliably predict early recurrence after minor stroke
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/08/4.htm
8 Feb 2011
Internist involvement crucial to easing early menopause
Assessments for the potential symptoms of menopause should begin when women are in their 40s and may be entering perimenopause.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/09/internist-involvement-crucial-to-easing-early-menopause.htm
1 Sep 2017
Anticholinergic therapy and onabotulinumtoxinA appear equally effective for urgency urinary incontinence
Oral anticholinergic therapy and injection onabotulinumtoxinA appear to be equally effective for treating urgency urinary incontinence, according to a new trial.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/16/4.htm
16 Oct 2012
Long-term bisphosphonate treatment may increase risk of some fractures in older women
Aspirin without PPI cost-effective despite small bleeding risk
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/01/4.htm
1 Mar 2011
Ask questions to get past social stigma of pelvic floor disorders
John H. Stone, III, MACP; Mark E. Silverman, MACP; and Robert E. Tyson, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/pelvic.htm
1 Jan 2009
Comparison of cardiac risk models has implications for statin use in women
The Reynolds Risk Score was better than the Framingham-based model at determining women's cardiovascular risk, according to a large external validation cohort.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/13/4.htm
13 Mar 2012
Biden's first 100 days are a matter of life and death for many
Instead of a honeymoon, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will come into office on Jan. 20 with a country deeply divided by party, ideology, gender, race, education, and geography.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/bidens-first-100-days-are-a-matter-of-life-and-death-for-many.htm
1 Jan 2021