Search results for "Women's Health"
HPV vaccine efficacy increases, but use lags
HPV is associated with cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancer in women; penile cancer in men; and anal and oropharyngeal cancers in both sexes. ... care physician,” said Shailaja Nair, MD, FACP, clinical director of the Drexel Center for Women's Health
February 2016
Incontinence can hide in middle age
She coauthored ACP's recent clinical guideline on nonsurgical management of urinary incontinence in women, published in the Sept. ... About 20% of incontinence in older women will be cured by that approach alone.
February 2015
Treating HIV, teaching trainees motivate this internist
I was very interested in women's health, so I thought it would be the right choice. ... reproductive care, and I wanted to care for men as well as women.
October 2011
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
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
2011, November 2011, November 2012, May 2013); 9 years as medical director for the Mayo Clinic Health System (MCHS); 7 years as vice chair, MCHS Board of Directors. ... Areas of expertise: Medical education, physician-patient relationship, interpersonal
November 2013
Mindful Medicine: Don't confuse correlation with causation
A recent case in point is the discrepancy between the conclusions of the observational Nurses' Health Study and the placebo-controlled Women's Health Initiative (WHI) regarding the risks and benefits ... Results from the observational Nurses' Health
July 2008
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
Medicine's #MeToo movement
At the same time, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) announced in December 2017 that, for the first time, the number of women enrolling in U.S. ... Grady. “That's promising because it takes both of those things: It takes the women
May 2018
Demystifying the diagnosis of PCOS
The new guidelines outline the myriad health concerns in women with PCOS, such as a fourfold increased risk of type 2 diabetes in the U.S. ... Others, however, say PCOS is underrecognized. “There's no question it's underdiagnosed,” said Katherine
November 2018
Targeting rural health scholars keeps doctors in Kansas
The medical school's Scholars in Rural Health program identifies promising potential medical students during their freshman and sophomore years of undergraduate coursework. ... Dr. Neil completed her residency in Madison, Wisc., and then a fellowship in
September 2010