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This promises to be a rocky year for federal family planning policy with potentially serious implications for the millions of low-income women who rely on Medicaid, Title X of the Public Health Service Act, and other federal programs for their family planning care.
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New figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that despite an approximate 5% annual decline in the 2001-2004 rate of diagnoses among African Americans, the epidemic continues to make a severe impact on that ethnic group.
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Circle May 26-June 1 for the 51st annual meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. Sessions will include a primary care update, a workshop on endometrial biopsy indications and techniques, and information on advanced billing and coding.
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Erectile Dysfunction and Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease; Oseltamivir for Influenza A Infection; Dietary Intake of Antioxidants and AMD; High-Dose Acyclovir in Pityriasis Rosea; High-Dose Acyclovir in Pityriasis Rosea; Rimonabant and Weight and Risk Factors in Obese Patients; Watchful Waiting vs Repair of Inguinal Hernia in Minimally Symptomatic Men;
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In the January issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology an article from Japan appeared that will shed new light on the practice of using cerclage in patients with short cervices. Over a 5-year period 16,508 had transvaginal ultrasound evaluations between 20-24 weeks.
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Advanced stage endometrial cancer represents a significant therapeutic challenge as it encompasses patients with a diverse spectrum of disease and recurrence risk. Currently, most patients are treated following primary surgical extirpation with a modality either directed at tumor residua or to a high-risk locale of recurrence. Either or both radiation therapy and chemotherapy have been used.
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The Osteoporosis Prevention and Arterial Effects of tiboLone (OPAL) study was a 3-year, randomized, double-blind trial in 6 US centers and 5 European centers, treating 866 postmenopausal women with either 2.5 mg tiboLone daily, 0.625/2.5 mg daily of conjugated estrogens/medroxyprogesterone acetate, or placebo.
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The Lynch Syndrome (hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer) is a cancer susceptibility syndrome highlighted by early age onset of cancers of the colon and rectum, endometrium, ovary, small bowel, ureter and renal pelvis. It is mediated via autosomal dominant transmission of germ-line mutations in DNA-mismatch repair genes.
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Long-Term Effects of Warfarin Use; Statins Multiple Benefits; FDA Actions
