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The manufacturer of the abortion pill mifepristone (Mifeprex, Danco Laboratories; New York City) has revised the safety information for the drugs label and issued a letter to health care providers in light of five deaths from serious bacterial infection and sepsis following use of the medication abortion regimen.
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New evidence indicates that women with benign breast disease have a higher risk for breast cancer, and that certain types of breast disease may predict the near-term development of breast cancer.
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In reviewing the chart for your next patient, you note that she is a 28-year-old woman with epilepsy. What information do you need to provide her when it comes to contraceptive choices? Many family planning clinicians encounter this scenario. Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic health conditions affecting reproductive-age women.
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Consider these facts: Women are the fastest-growing group in the United States with newly diagnosed HIV, and last year, an estimated 6,000-7,000 women with HIV gave birth.
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Adherence to any diet was the best predictor of weight loss, which predicted degree of improvement in cardiac risk markers.
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Erectile dysfunction is commonplace in men at middle-age and beyond, the same era when hypertension incidence begins to rise steeply.
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Obesity is an important, potentially modifiable risk factor for AF. The excess risk of AF associated with obesity appears to be mediated by left atrial dilatation. These prospective data raise the possibility that interventions to promote normal weight may reduce the population burden of AF.
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A single fecal occult blood test from a digital rectal exam specimen does not provide adequate screening for colorectal neoplasia and cannot replace standard at-home 6-sample fecal occult blood testing.
