AMA Delegates Make Short Work of Proposals on Abortion But a bid to add vision, hearing coverage to Medicare lasted longer in the spotlight Jun 13, 2023
Abortion Pill Could Help With Chronic Gynecologic Condition Randomized trial showed mifepristone was safe, effective for pain symptoms of adenomyosis Jun 12, 2023
Breast Ultrasound Recs May Not Be Targeting the Right Women It's not just dense breasts that matter, researchers say Jun 12, 2023
U.S. Senator Details Ramifications of Home State's Abortion Ban "Lawyers should not be practicing medicine," says Tammy Baldwin Jun 12, 2023
Healthcare Violence Breaks Record; U.K. Limits Puberty Blockers; HPV Discoverer Dies Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Jun 12, 2023
AMA Urged to Do More to Safeguard Adolescent Gender-Affirming Care Association needs to move from passive support to proactive protection, delegate says Jun 11, 2023
States Must Stop Criminalizing Medicine, AMA Delegates Say "This is unacceptable...and it's time for us to push back" Jun 11, 2023
Outgoing AMA President Calls for Unity in the Relay That Is Medicine "Our common cause is to speak out for and to advance our flame," says Jack Resneck Jr., MD Jun 10, 2023
How Vax Skeptics Sow Doubt; Gun Death Every 11 Minutes; 90210 Star's Cancer Spreads Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Jun 08, 2023
Studies Question Role of CDK4/6 Inhibitors in First-Line Advanced Breast Cancer No PFS, OS benefit with first-line versus second-line CDK4/6 inhibition, more toxicity, cost Jun 07, 2023
Sickle Cell Disease Poses Major Risk for Pregnant Black Patients Condition may exacerbate racial disparities in severe maternal morbidity Jun 05, 2023
Nitroglycerin Patches Flop for Cooling Hot Flashes Women saw relief at first, but effect wore off by the end of the trial Jun 05, 2023
How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients’ Options for Breast Reconstruction Many believe this would restrict women's options for surgery Jun 04, 2023
New Ovarian Cancer Drug Extends Survival in Resistant Disease "Practice changing" findings for tough-to-treat patient population Jun 04, 2023
Why Can't I Be Both a Good Doctor and a Good Mother? You don't have to put your parenting plans on hold Jun 04, 2023
Chemo-Free Approach Works in Subset of Patients With HER2+ Early Breast Cancer Impressive 3-year invasive DFS seen with adaptive response strategy using FDG-PET Jun 03, 2023
Pricey Drug Combo Boosts PFS in First-Line Advanced Ovarian Cancer Questions about anti-PD-L1 contribution, cost, and access to durvalumab, bevacizumab, olaparib Jun 03, 2023
De-Escalated Surgery Suffices for Low-Risk Cervical Cancer Simple hysterectomy non-inferior to radical operation Jun 02, 2023
Extreme Morning Sickness Factors Into Subsequent Cardiovascular Risk for Moms Novel risk factor did not hinge on preeclampsia Jun 02, 2023
CDK4/6 Extends Reach Into Early-Stage Breast Cancer Addition of ribociclib to endocrine therapy boosts disease-free survival in high-risk disease Jun 02, 2023
Genetic Risk Score Predicts Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Over a dozen genetic loci linked to preeclampsia, gestational hypertension Jun 01, 2023
Video of ACOG Presenter Being Slapped Goes Viral Audience member alleged panelist assaulted his wife years ago Jun 01, 2023
'Practice Changing' Trial on Activity Recs After Prolapse Surgery In randomized study, noninferior outcomes for expedited activity versus standard wait of 6 weeks May 31, 2023
Doc Accused of 'Fertility Fraud' Dies After Handmade Plane Crashes Patient sued after discovering her ob/gyn, Morris Wortman, MD, was her father May 31, 2023
Are New Dads More Likely to Need Antidepressants? Men with a history of treatment more likely to go on an antidepressant again after having a child May 31, 2023
Abortion Bans Are Putting Basic Healthcare at Risk New laws in conservative states are driving off doctors and closing clinics May 28, 2023
Medical Board Reprimands Indiana Doctor in Child Abortion Case Caitlin Bernard, MD, said she wanted to share the real-world effects of state abortion bans May 26, 2023
No Access to Routine Healthcare Biggest Barrier to HPV Vaccination Retrospective analysis shows vaccination rates haven't much improved for women since 2015 May 25, 2023
Trial Results Spark Talk of Curing More Metastatic Cervical Cancers Adding pembrolizumab to standard care extends overall survival by a year May 25, 2023
What Our Patients With Dense Breasts Deserve to Know More research is key before the Task Force can offer evidence-based recommendations May 25, 2023
Pregnant Patients With Risk Factors for Thyroid Disease Are Not Getting Screened Universal screening may be beneficial, researcher says May 24, 2023
Evidence Emerges Showing External Stressors Adversely Affect Cancer Outcomes High allostatic load linked to worse all-cause mortality in breast cancer May 24, 2023
Insurance Loss After Pregnancy Tied to Less Postpartum Prescription Contraception Loss of insurance more frequent in states without Medicaid expansion May 23, 2023
IUD Reduced Menstrual Blood Loss in Women With Obesity, Nulliparity Patients reported less interference in their lives, sleep May 23, 2023
Tackling Barriers to OTC Birth Control Pills FDA approval would be a critical step, but we must address other access issues May 23, 2023
More Anti-Abortion Content on YouTube Than TikTok But both platforms had similar proportions of videos that contained medical misinformation May 23, 2023
Cabergoline Relieved Painful Breast Symptoms After Second-Trimester Pregnancy Loss Only 28% of those who received the off-label drug experienced symptoms vs 97% of placebo group May 22, 2023
Perinatal HPV Transmission Low and Cleared Quickly Data reassuring for the many women who test positive in pregnancy May 22, 2023
Abortion Pill Case Returns to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge pushes back on "FDA-can-do-no-wrong" narrative May 19, 2023
FDA Panel Gives Strong Backing to RSV Vaccine for Protecting Infants If it lives up to its promise, many infants and parents "will breathe easier," says panelist May 18, 2023