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Port-site metastasis after laparoscopic surgery during chemotherapy, or when adequate chemotherapy has been given, is usually associated with poor outcome.
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Only 5% of white women and 0.6% of black women are potential candidates for tamoxifen chemoprevention.
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Daily administration of a low dose oral birth control pill results in significantly fewer bleeding days.
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This week there were 2 articles in the New England Journal of Medicine that explored the link between postmenopausal hormone use and heart disease. The first article was the final analysis of the Prempro® arm of the WHI.
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The FDA has approved vardenafil (LevitraBayer and GlaxoSmithKline) for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in men. Vardenafil joins sildenafil (Viagra) as the only 2 drugs approved for this indication in this country.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first antiepileptic drug for monotherapy in children since 1978.
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Study: Pharmacists intervention can help keep men healthy; Interstitial cystitis study finds limited benefit in two oral drugs; FDA to inform women about menopausal hormone therapy; Wyeth issues warning about venlafaxine use in children
