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3 ways to better negotiate your physician employment contractKnow the market and be reasonable when requesting changes.
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Long-acting reversible contraceptive use among adolescentsMany barriers lead to low rates of use of LARCs.
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Motherhood and the 4 symptom domains of borderline personality disorderBorderline personality disorder is a common diagnosis among young women that is highly understudied in pregnancy and motherhood. Learn more here.
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The role of the pediatric provider in supporting gender-diverse youthPediatricians, adolescent medicine physicians, and other youth providers can play a crucial role in mitigating this risk by supporting SMGD youth and their families and promoting resilience through inclusive and clinically, culturally competent care.
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Addressing differences in patient engagement across racial and ethnic groupsThere are interesting differences in the ways patients of varying ethnicities and races engage with technology.
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Your coding questions answeredWhat you need to know about prolonged services, medical assistant, and E/M codes.
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How technology is addressing the physician shortageDigital tools are helping to find and fill unused capacity in the health care system.
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Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies, 7th Edition: Protocol 18 - Peripartum CardiomyopathyProtocol 18: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
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A discussion on ACOG’s new clinical consensus on tailored prenatal careIn this Q&A, experts explain how ACOG’s tailored prenatal care model supports flexibility, equity, and shared decision-making in pregnancy.
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Addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy for treatment of early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancerThe addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy for the treatment of early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer helps to reduce disease recurrence and can potentially reduce the mortality from breast cancer by a third worldwide.
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Maternal preconception hepatitis b increases offspring’s risk of congenital heart diseasesThe risk of congenital heart diseases in offspring was increased among mothers with preconception previous hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
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Omicron COVID-19 variant: What we know and what we don’tThe Omicron variant of COVID-19 is spreading quickly, jumping continents with infected travelers. Here’s the latest on what global health officials know about it.
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Katrina Kimport, PhD, notes how clinicians can support pregnant patients facing delays in careDiscover practical strategies for clinicians to assist pregnant patients impacted by care restrictions, including travel guidance, emotional support, and resource access.
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Postoperative pain managementExploring the available interventions for acute pain management during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of care.
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Enhanced Recovery After Cesarean SectionCesarean delivery is the most commonly performed surgery in the United States, with over 1 million infants delivered this way each year. Maternal morbidity and mortality rates in this country are higher in women undergoing cesarean delivery. To improve these outcomes, experts make a case for the application of several ERAS principles to obstetric-specific issues.
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Mind-body resilience for women: A focus on depressionHere’s why we should be paying special attention to women’s depression treatment.
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Special Report: Future Directions for STI Diagnosis and TreatmentExperts discuss the future of healthcare, emphasizing innovative STI care, education, and the importance of collaboration in improving patient outcomes.
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Practical guidance for navigating complex world of insurance coverage, payer issuesOver the last year and a half, physicians around the world have been focused on managing patients, their teams, and themselves through the COVID pandemic. This has not been an easy time for physicians.
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Cancer centers should adopt the reality that cancer has no gender, expert saysDr. Don S. Dizon discusses how cancer centers can be more inclusive to the LGBTQ+ community, from the naming of the institutions to the types of magazines found in the waiting rooms.
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2019 ASCCP guidelines: Pearls for practitionersConsensus group discussion resulted in a shift from results-based to risk-based management for cervical cancer screening.
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Breaking: FDA approves, authorizes updated monovalent COVID-19 vaccinesBivalent COVID-19 vaccines by both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are no longer authorized for use in the United States.
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Susan Khalil, MD, discusses staged uterine artery embolization for symptomatic uterine fibroidsConsiderations for reducing blood loss, morbidity, and surgical complexity in patients with large fibroids.
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Jeff Andrews, MD, FRCSC, discusses BD's new HPV self-collection deviceA new FDA-submitted self-collection HPV test aims to improve cervical cancer screening access for underserved women by offering a convenient, noninvasive at-home option.
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Bone Density’s Role in VMS Treatment and Neurokinin TherapyAn expert discusses how the ideal vasomotor symptom treatment would address both symptoms and bone loss simultaneously, making nonestrogen therapies with skeletal benefits like elinzanetant particularly attractive for patients.
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Melissa Furlong, PhD, links neighborhood deprivation to gestational diabetes riskNew research reveals that pregnant women living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods face a significantly higher risk of developing gestational diabetes.
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HPV vaccine rates rise in teens when they can consent, research showsState legislation that allows adolescents to choose to receive the HPV vaccine without parental interference would elevate immunization rates, according to a new study.
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Current choices in cervical cancer screeningIt is essential to expand access to all available, effective cervical cancer screening options for the most vulnerable populations. The targeted use of any particular screening modality in higher-risk populations is not supported by evidence-based guidelines; any effective screening is the priority.
