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The rationale for this study is interesting. As the trial investigators point out, oxidative injury has been implicated as a key mechanism, leading to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and cancer.
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Given the widely variant survival characteristics of women with advanced ovarian cancer, discrete quantifiable differences in tumor biology must exist. Heretofore, accurate characterization has been elusive.
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Bath and gray from the division of stroke Medicine in the Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, performed a meta-analysis of the published literature regarding the association between postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of stroke.
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The drug, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December, should be available on retail pharmacy shelves in mid-May, says An Phan, Pfizer corporate spokeswoman. Pricing has not been set yet on the drug, she adds.
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As you flip through the next patients chart, you review notes from several past visits, and all detail pain and burning on or around the vulva. According to the chart documentation, the patient states the vulvar area hurts most of the time, even when nothing is touching it.
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When it comes to emergency contraception (EC), it is an accepted standard of care in your clinic. But when it comes to the emergency department (ED) at your local hospital, is it the same story?
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Facing an upward spike in its number of syphilis cases, the San Francisco Department of Public Health has spun its detection web in new directions, using a broad range of innovative Internet-based prevention interventions to stem the spread of the sexually transmitted disease (STD).
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A check of the next patients file indicates a repeat visit for treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV). What is your next step?
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Is your clinic seeing more women without insurance coverage whose care is now funded by Medicaid? New statistics from the New York City-based Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) confirm your observations: Researchers estimate that in 2003, one in five women of reproductive age were uninsured, which signals a 10% increase since 2001.
