FPN || Women's Health

USPSTF releases updated recommendations for STI counseling, screening

Posted on: 22/09/2014 - 22:00

Intensive behavioral counseling reduces risky sexual behaviors and the likelihood of sexually transmitted infections, and is recommended for all sexually active adolescents and adults who are at...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

UTIs in type 2 diabetes can be costly

Posted on: 16/09/2014 - 21:35

VIENNA – Urinary tract infections are relatively common and can be quite expensive among patients with newly diagnosed diabetes. In a large patient database, the infection rate was about 128/1,000...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Researchers deem tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes valid prognostic biomarker in TNBC

Posted on: 15/09/2014 - 05:01

Evidence continues to accumulate that a breast cancer patient’s immune system plays a role in the outcome from aggressive disease. According to recently published studies, the presence of...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Researchers deem tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes valid prognostic biomarker in TNBC

Posted on: 15/09/2014 - 05:01

Evidence continues to accumulate that a breast cancer patient’s immune system plays a role in the outcome from aggressive disease. According to recently published studies, the presence of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

USPSTF recommends low-dose aspirin for preeclampsia prevention

Posted on: 08/09/2014 - 22:00

The use of low-dose aspirin is advisable after 12 weeks of gestation in asymptomatic pregnant women at high risk for developing preeclampsia, according to a recommendation from the U.S. Preventive...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Kegel exercises

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 14:55

The prevalence of urinary incontinence is 17%-55% among older women and 12%-42% among younger and middle-aged women. Only 45% of women with at least weekly symptoms seek medical care to address their...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

The Medical Roundtable: Heart Disease in Women

Posted on: 25/08/2014 - 14:26

Moderator: Ezra A. Amsterdam, MD Discussants: Jeffrey S. Borer, MD; L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS FoxP2 Media LLC is the publisher of The Medical Roun

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Births to unmarried women down since 2008

Posted on: 21/08/2014 - 21:35

The nonmarital birth rate for women aged 15-44 years has declined 14% since peaking in 2007 and 2008, the National Center for Health Statistics reported. The rate was 44.8 births per 1,000 unmarried...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Pregnancy exposure registries confirmed useful in assessing product safety

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 19:40

BELLEVUE, WASH. – Registries that collect data on pregnant women’s exposures to medical products and outcomes are contributing to product safety in this population, as intended, suggests an...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Guideline for overactive bladder adds new treatments

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 17:55

Updated recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of non-neurogenic overactive bladder incorporate two new treatments approved since 2012 – oral mirabegron and intradetrusor injection of...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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