Search results for "Women's health"
American Medical Women's Association promotes video series for disease prevention
To promote disease prevention, the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) Preventive Medicine Task Force has partnered with Mission Critical Health (MCH), a nonprofit education initiative that produces evidence-based public health and medical education programs.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/17/8.htm
17 Mar 2015
Incontinence can hide in middle age
Women may suffer debilitating quality-of-life issues from urinary incontinence yet never mention it to their primary care physicians. The condition can be successfully managed by nonsurgical and nonpharmacological means, if physicians can tactfully bring up the subject first.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/02/incontinence.htm
1 Feb 2015
Daily aspirin more effective than alternate-day aspirin as primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, colon cancer in elderly women
Taking aspirin on alternate days is ineffective in preventing cancer or cardiovascular disease in most women, a new analysis of Women's Health Study data found. For many women 65 years of age or older, the benefits of daily aspirin for primary prevention of colon cancer and cardiovascular disease still outweigh the associated bleeding risk.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/12/16/2.htm
16 Dec 2014
Chest radiation in girls with Wilms tumor may increase breast cancer risk in adulthood
Girls who receive chest radiation for pulmonary metastases from Wilms tumor, a childhood kidney cancer, may be at higher risk for breast cancer later in life, a new study reports.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/28/5.htm
28 Oct 2014
Guideline issued on androgen therapy in women
The Endocrine Society released an updated clinical practice guideline on androgen therapy in women.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/21/5.htm
21 Oct 2014
Joplin hospital rebuilds, better than before
After a tornado in 2011 destroyed St. John's Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., a new facility will open that will focus on a patient-centered experience, from the aesthetics to the wayfinding to storage and security.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/10/joplin.htm
1 Oct 2014
ACP and American Medical Women's Association announce affiliate membership agreement
ACP and the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) have announced an affiliate membership agreement whereby ACP members can become AMWA Affiliate Members as part of their ACP membership at no additional charge.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/16/7.htm
16 Sep 2014
Employer exemptions can create gaps in preventive services
The prospect of universal health insurance coverage was threatened when the Supreme Court carved out exemptions to employer-based health coverage, ACP's president says in his column about the College's support of the Affordable Care Act and preventive services without cost sharing.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/09/presidents.htm
1 Sep 2014
Selective COX-2 inhibitors associated with slightly increased risk for adverse cardiovascular events in postmenopausal women
Postmenopausal women who used selective COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs with more COX-2 than COX-1 inhibition had a modestly increased risk for cardiovascular events, a study concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/15/5.htm
15 Jul 2014
Calcium and vitamin D supplementation associated with hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria in postmenopausal women
Postmenopausal women who take calcium and vitamin D supplements may be at higher risk for hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/24/4.htm
24 Jun 2014