IMN || Women's Health

Woman-to-woman HIV transmission likely in Texas case

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 17:10

Female-to-female transmission probably caused an HIV infection in a Texas woman, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 46-year-old woman was in a monogamous...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Woman-to-woman HIV transmission likely in Texas case

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 17:10

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Gynecologic Oncology Consult: Ruling out malignancy in setting of an adnexal mass

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 04:01

An adnexal mass is a common gynecological presentation that can affect women of all ages. Typically, the mass is identified during an annual pelvic exam or incidentally when patients undergo pelvic...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Gynecologic Oncology Consult: Ruling out malignancy in setting of an adnexal mass

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 04:01

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Genomic analyses led to targeted treatment for metastatic breast cancer, though response rate disappointing

Posted on: 11/03/2014 - 18:45

Genomic abnormalities can be identified in individual patients with metastatic breast cancer, which can then lead to targeted therapy, investigators reported in the March issue of Lancet...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hospital physician orders increased postpartum Tdap vaccination rates

Posted on: 10/03/2014 - 18:35

Changing in-hospital ordering procedures for postpartum Tdap vaccination considerably increased vaccination rates in birth mothers, investigators reported in the March issue of the American Journal...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hospital physician orders increased postpartum Tdap vaccination rates

Posted on: 10/03/2014 - 18:35

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Bladder incontinence up 43% in elderly since 1992

Posted on: 10/03/2014 - 15:50

The prevalence of bladder incontinence rose from 21.1% in 1992 to 30.2% in 2010 for Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older – an increase of 43%, according to data from the Medicare Current...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Asthma meds’ safety data reassuring in pregnancy

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 16:40

SAN DIEGO – How safe are asthma medications during pregnancy? And how adherent are pregnant women to asthma medications? Dr. Jennifer A. Namazy of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, Calif., summarizes the...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hormone therapy predicted improved lung cancer survival in women

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 18:40

Hormone therapy was associated with improved overall survival in women with non–small-cell lung carcinoma, reported investigators in the March issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. Long-term...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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