FPN || Women's Health

VIDEO: New option arises for young women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer

Posted on: 02/06/2014 - 22:40

CHICAGO – The aromatase inhibitor exemestane is more effective than tamoxifen in preventing breast cancer recurrence in premenopausal women also receiving ovarian function suppression as adjuvant...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: New option arises for young women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer

Posted on: 02/06/2014 - 22:40

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

LEEP procedures present an important STI screening opportunity

Posted on: 02/06/2014 - 22:20

CHICAGO – Many women who undergo a loop electrosurgical excision procedure for advanced cervical dysplasia are not screened for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to findings from...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Goserelin improves fertility in HR-negative breast cancer

Posted on: 02/06/2014 - 15:45

CHICAGO – Use of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist goserelin during chemotherapy for early hormone receptor–negative breast cancer was associated with lower rates of ovarian failure and more...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Goserelin improves fertility in HR-negative breast cancer

Posted on: 02/06/2014 - 15:45

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Kaiser survey: Many women skipping preventive care

Posted on: 28/05/2014 - 21:00

WASHINGTON – A just-released survey conducted last fall shows that low-income women with private insurance or Medicaid were often foregoing preventive care and use of contraceptives, in part due to...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Consider facet joint OA in older patients with low back pain

Posted on: 28/05/2014 - 18:20

DESTIN, FLA. – Facet joint osteoarthritis likely accounts for much of what is classified as "nonspecific" low back pain, according to Dr. Alfred C. Gellhorn. "Amazingly – and I think...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Hydroxychloroquine safe to continue for SLE during pregnancy

Posted on: 16/05/2014 - 14:40

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Hydroxychloroquine was not associated with any adverse long-term complications in the children of women with systemic lupus erythematosus who used the drug during pregnancy or...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Hydroxychloroquine safe to continue for SLE during pregnancy

Posted on: 16/05/2014 - 14:40

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

NSAID use linked to reduced risk for second nonmelanoma skin cancer

Posted on: 14/05/2014 - 16:55

ALBUQUERQUE – Postmenopausal women who had a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer and regularly used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs had an 18% lower risk of developing subsequent skin cancers,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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