Search results for "Women's Health"
Tips on performing a urinary stress test
session today on urinary incontinence in women, Neil M. Resnick, FACP, offered the following advice on performing a urinary stress test in the office:. ... Resnick said. "This has been six years, and she's been completely dry for six years.".
June 2020
Hormone therapy stirs debate 10 years after WHI
The Women's Health Initiative dramatically decreased hormone therapy for menopause, but 10 years later, the “knee-jerk” reaction has become more nuanced in how the regimen can be used. ... Then, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial of hormone
September 2012
QD: News Every Day--High mammographic breast density not associated with mortality
Researchers evaluated relationships between mammographic density and risk of death from breast cancer and all causes among 9,232 women diagnosed with primary invasive breast cancer within the U.S. ... Results appeared in the Journal of the National
June 2020
QD: News Every Day--HPV vaccine may prevent throat cancer, but no trial will happen
The high efficacy of HPV vaccines in preventing extracervical infections among women (e.g., vagina and vulva) and penile and anal infections among men implies that efficacy may be comparable against ... In other words, it's a business decision. Still,
June 2020
QD: News Every Day--Risk-reducing surgeries may spare lives following breast cancer
New evidence supports risk-reducing mastectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy for women with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations, according to newly published research. ... Researchers wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association that no breast
June 2020
Take time to discuss women's sexual health
However, internists should recognize that sexual health equates to overall health and should ask their patients about it, said Lisa Larkin, MD, FACP, a practicing women's health internist in Cincinnati ... I think I keep them busy.”. For physicians who
October 2019
QD: News Every Day--Women still on hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms
QD: News Every Day--Women still on hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms. ... Nearly 1 in 10 doctors still prescribes hormone replacement therapy (HRT) a decade years after the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) was halted when the risks
June 2020
QD: News Every Day--IOM seeks 8 new preventive measures for women
Eight preventive health services for women should be added to the services that health plans will cover at no cost to patients under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of ... The eight services we identified are necessary to support women's
June 2020
Making more sense of breast density
More and more U.S. women are learning that they have dense breasts, a risk factor for breast cancer. ... Dense breast notification laws, education, and women's awareness and knowledge of breast density: a nationally representative survey.
June 2020
QD: News Every Day--A year into practice and a half-million in overhead
hand and guidance from ACP’s Running a Practice section to quickly grow her solo practice into a full-service resource for women’s health. ... New York Post, Kaiser Health News, ACP Internist). Posted by.
June 2020