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Summary of public health threats, CDTR week 14/201507 Apr 2015

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 15:44

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals about active public health threats. This issue covers the period 29 March-4 April 2015 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, seasonal influenza, and MERS-CoV. -- Delivered by... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

High rates of oophorectomy documented in premenopausal women

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 13:15

ORLANDO – At the time of benign hysterectomy, 44% of premenopausal women underwent bilateral oophorectomy or salpingo-oophorectomy although approxim... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

High rates of oophorectomy documented in premenopausal women

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 13:15

ORLANDO – At the time of benign hysterectomy, 44% of premenopausal women underwent bilateral oophorectomy or salpingo-oophorectomy although approxim... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

ACOG taking steps to increase vaginal hysterectomy rates

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 22:36

ORLANDO – The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is taking steps intended to reverse the declining rates of vaginal hysterectomy, t... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 21:00

False-positive mammograms in women aged 40-59 years cost an estimated $2.8 billion per year in the United States in 2012-2013, according to a report p... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 21:00

False-positive mammograms in women aged 40-59 years cost an estimated $2.8 billion per year in the United States in 2012-2013, according to a report p... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Avoid voriconazole in transplant patients at risk for skin cancer

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 20:43

SAN FRANCISCO – Voriconazole increased the risk of squamous cell carcinoma by 73% in a review of 455 lung transplant patients at the University of C... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Avoid voriconazole in transplant patients at risk for skin cancer

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 20:43

SAN FRANCISCO – Voriconazole increased the risk of squamous cell carcinoma by 73% in a review of 455 lung transplant patients at the University of C... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VBAC model as accurate for two prior cesareans as for one

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 19:41

Models predicting the likelihood of a successful VBAC are as accurate for women who have undergone two previous cesarean deliveries as they are for wo... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Nursing home residents have poor outcomes after lower-extremity revascularization

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 18:20

A substantial number of nursing home residents undergo lower-extremity revascularization each year, but very few of them gain any function and approxi... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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