FPN || Women's Health

Pembrolizumab shows efficacy in advanced triple-negative breast cancer patients

Posted on: 11/12/2014 - 14:59

SAN ANTONIO – Roughly one in five women with heavily pretreated, advanced triple-negative breast cancer experienced a durable response to monotherapy using the novel immune checkpoint inhibitor...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Pembrolizumab shows efficacy in advanced triple-negative breast cancer patients

Posted on: 11/12/2014 - 14:59

SAN ANTONIO – Roughly one in five women with heavily pretreated, advanced triple-negative breast cancer experienced a durable response to monotherapy using the novel immune checkpoint inhibitor...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Osteoporosis medication use down in older women

Posted on: 10/12/2014 - 22:27

Even as the number of women aged 50 years and older continues to rise, the percentage who are taking osteoporosis medications has fallen by one-third since 2004-2005, the Agency for Healthcare...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Ultrasound screening for dense breasts is high cost, offers little benefit

Posted on: 08/12/2014 - 22:00

Supplemental screening ultrasonography would add substantial costs while providing little clinical benefit after a negative screening mammography in women with dense breasts, according to three...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Ultrasound screening for dense breasts is high cost, offers little benefit

Posted on: 08/12/2014 - 22:00

Supplemental screening ultrasonography would add substantial costs while providing little clinical benefit after a negative screening mammography in women with dense breasts, according to three...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Consider biopsy for active lupus nephritis in pregnancy

Posted on: 05/12/2014 - 19:28

PHILADELPHIA – Renal biopsies are a useful tool for optimizing outcomes in pregnant patients with active lupus nephritis, according to Dr. Derek M. Fine. Although caution is advisable, a general...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Consider biopsy for active lupus nephritis in pregnancy

Posted on: 05/12/2014 - 19:28

PHILADELPHIA – Renal biopsies are a useful tool for optimizing outcomes in pregnant patients with active lupus nephritis, according to Dr. Derek M. Fine. Although caution is advisable, a general...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

LARC best for reducing teen pregnancies in United States

Posted on: 05/12/2014 - 19:00

Long-acting reversible contraception can lead to significantly decreased rates of pregnancy, abortion, and births among teenagers in the United States, according to a web presentation given by the...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Recommendations mixed on oral contraceptives for female migraineurs

Posted on: 04/12/2014 - 16:22

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Experts have not reached consensus on prescribing oral contraceptives for women with migraine, revealing the need for better studies of stroke risk in these patients, said Dr....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Randomized trial assesses behavioral weight loss as migraine treatment

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 22:33

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. - The first randomized, controlled trial of behavioral weight loss as a treatment for migraine in women is underway, with results expected in mid-2016. The trial “provides an...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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