OBGYN || Gynecology

U.S. tracking of HPV in cervical precancers confirms half due to 16/18

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 19:40

U.S. surveillance data show that half of high-grade cervical lesions are caused by human papillomavirus 16 and 18. Another 25% are attributable to the five additional HPV types 31/33/45/52/58...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

U.S. tracking of HPV in cervical precancers confirms half due to 16/18

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 19:40

U.S. surveillance data show that half of high-grade cervical lesions are caused by human papillomavirus 16 and 18. Another 25% are attributable to the five additional HPV types 31/33/45/52/58...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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

FDA panel unanimously backs cobas HPV test as primary screening tool

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 16:15

COLLEGE PARK, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has unanimously supported expanding the approval of the cobas human papilloma virus test to include its use as a first-line primary...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

FDA panel unanimously backs cobas HPV test as primary screening tool

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 16:15

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

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

Risk of condomless sex low if HIV-positive partner is well controlled on ART

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 21:50

Public health experts do not condone the practice, but it appears that the risk of transmission from an HIV-positive person to an uninfected sex partner during condomless sex is low if the infected...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Removing opposite breast cuts 20-year mortality 48% in BRCA mutation carriers

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 23:30

Among early-stage breast cancer patients who carry BRCA mutations, prophylactic mastectomy of the contralateral breast appears to reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer within 20 years by 48%,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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