Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Women who are overweight and obese have a significantly higher risk of invasive breast cancer after menopause compared with normal-weight women, according to secondary <a...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Women who are overweight and obese have a significantly higher risk of invasive breast cancer after menopause compared with normal-weight women, according to secondary <a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

Thyroid surgery on the rise

There was a steady rise in the number of endocrine procedures being performed in the United States over the past decade, according to a new publication from the Endocrine Society. Thyroid disease...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

Newer oral contraceptives pose higher VTE risk

The risk of developing venous thromboembolism is generally greater for women using oral contraceptives with newer types of progestogen hormones than for those taking older, second-generation birth...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

DXA screening: You’re doing it wrong

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to screen for osteoporosis is both underused in women who meet the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force criteria for screening, and overused in low-risk younger women,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

DXA screening: You’re doing it wrong

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to screen for osteoporosis is both underused in women who meet the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force criteria for screening, and overused in low-risk younger women,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

DXA screening: You’re doing it wrong

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to screen for osteoporosis is both underused in women who meet the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force criteria for screening, and overused in low-risk younger women,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

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