OBGYN || Gynecology

No blood clot risk found with HPV vaccination

Posted on: 08/07/2014 - 21:00

The quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine does not increase the risk of venous thromboembolism, a study showed. Two previous studies finding an association, one based on the Vaccine Adverse...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Enhanced education, customized follow-up options improve STD retesting rates

Posted on: 03/07/2014 - 16:25

ATLANTA – Educating patients treated for chlamydia or gonorrhea about reinfection and retesting, and providing customized options for follow-up care, increased patient retest return rates by 15% in a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Supreme Court strikes down abortion clinic buffer zones

Posted on: 26/06/2014 - 23:15

WASHINGTON – A Massachusetts law that established a 35-foot protest-free buffer zone around abortion clinics is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled June 26. The buffer zone represents a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

AUDIO: Polycystic ovary syndrome seen as ‘multiple diseases’

Posted on: 29/05/2014 - 20:15

PHILADELPHIA – "My personal opinion is that polycystic ovary syndrome is probably multiple diseases." That’s according to Dr. Selma Witchel, an associate professor of pediatric...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Buccal acyclovir delays recurrence of herpes labialis

Posted on: 15/05/2014 - 15:10

ALBUQUERQUE – A single buccal application of acyclovir delayed recurrence of herpes labialis by an average of 100 days, compared with placebo, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Buccal acyclovir delays recurrence of herpes labialis

Posted on: 15/05/2014 - 15:10

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Celebrex cost high in United States, low in Canada

Posted on: 13/05/2014 - 19:45

North America is home to the most expensive and least expensive Celebrex, according to the International Federation of Health Plans’ 2013 <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Women’s Health Initiative study netted $37 billion in savings

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 22:00

The massive Women’s Health Initiative estrogen plus progestin clinical trial netted more than $37 billion in savings in the 10 years after it was published, largely by curtailing postmenopausal...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: HPV testing predicted to displace most Pap smears

Posted on: 30/04/2014 - 15:35

CHICAGO – Dr. Laurie J. McKenzie, who is a member of the ACOG Committee on the Scientific Program and the medical faculties of the University of Texas and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: HPV testing predicted to displace most Pap smears

Posted on: 30/04/2014 - 15:35

CHICAGO – Dr. Laurie J. McKenzie, who is a member of the ACOG Committee on the Scientific Program and the medical faculties of the University of Texas and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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