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A review of the published literature finds no value to the routine screening pelvic examination in asymptomatic non-pregnant women.
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Serum anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) has been well-established as an accurate marker of ovarian reserve. It is solely produced in the human ovary by the granulosa cells.
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Olaparib, a poly (ADP)-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, demonstrated substantial delay until progression when administered to women as a maintenance therapy with BRCA-mutant recurrent ovarian cancer.
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A recent study has shown a link between abnormal uterine artery waveforms in the second trimester and reduced fetal movements later in pregnancy, as well as with stillbirth and small for gestational age.
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An issue that has caused considerable confusion and fear during the Ebola outbreak is the difference between airborne, aerosol and droplet transmission. There are clear differences, but they werent elucidated particularly well at the onset of Ebola cases in the U.S., leaving the public uninformed and then panicked when some reputable scientists warned that there was a small chance the Ebola virus could mutate and spread like a truly airborne pathogen such as measles.
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After the index case of Ebola in the U.S. died and two nurses who treated him in a Dallas hospital became infected, there was an outbreak of irrationality that spread as rapidly as any epidemic.
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A U.S. Ebola outbreak characterized more by fear than science marked by distrust, rumor and false assumptions may yet yield something positive: A rededication to basic infection control practices in the nations hospitals and increased support for infection prevention programs and public health.
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While it has been duly noted that many hospitals lack the surge capacity and training to deal with an Ebola patient, the public health system is also ill prepared for emerging infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics, an expert in the field warns.
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While infection preventionists in the nations hospitals are diverting time and resources to Ebola preparedness there is a real risk that a host of other infections from Clostridium difficile to MRSA will increase and claim many more American lives than the highly publicized virus out of West Africa.
