July 16th 2024
A recent study found that hormone therapy use in breast cancer patients aged 65 years and older is associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's and related dementias.
Community Practice Connections™: 14th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies
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4th Annual International Congress on the Future of Women’s Health™
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Exploring Unmet Needs In Postpartum Depression – Making the Case for Early Detection and Novel Treatments
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Identifying Health Care Inequities in Screening, Diagnosis, and Trial Access for Breast Cancer Care: Taking Action With Evidence-Based Solutions
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16th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies™
May 3, 2025
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Women with acute ischemic stroke less likely to receive optimal stroke care
July 18th 2023An analysis of patient data from the greater Houston area suggests women were less likely to be routed to a comprehensive stroke center than their male counterparts, despite a greater symptom severity and comparable distance to the centers.
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Early HPV vaccination in children
July 13th 2023Jonathan Miller, MD, pediatrician and chief of primary care, pediatrics at Nemours Children’s Health in the Delaware Valley, spoke about the latest data regarding early human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in children as young as 9 years old at the 2023 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting. He also provided some clinical pearls for opening the conversation with patients’ caretakers regarding earlier HPV vaccination.
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Michael Krychman, MD, digital editor for Contemporary OB/GYN® recently attended the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), held March 2 through March 5 in St. Louis, Missouri. There he spoke to Andrew Goldstein, MD, a board-certified ob gyn who practices in Annapolis, Maryland and is the past president of ISSWSH.
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Cleveland Clinic reexamines syphilis testing strategies after rise in cases
February 6th 2023After observing an increase in the rate of syphilis cases, the Cleveland Clinic Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health Institute has partnered with the Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases to evaluate the effectiveness of current testing strategies.
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How much do women really know about pelvic floor physical therapy?
June 15th 2022During a poster session of the 2022 American Urogynecologic Society and International Urogynecological Association’s 47th Annual Meeting, researchers shared a study that investigated baseline knowledge of patients with pelvic floor therapy.
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Calcium supplementation could increase risk of death in older adults with cardiovascular disease
May 9th 2022An analysis of data from a Cleveland Clinic database indicates calcium supplementation in older adults with aortic stenosis was linked to an increased risk of mortality and worsening aortic stenosis.
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How climate change is making your patients sick, and what you can do about it
May 7th 2022At the 2022 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting, 4 health care professionals spoke of disease states caused by climate change, and what HCPs can do to mitigate this crisis.
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Using technology tools for optimal perinatal outcomes
May 6th 2022At the 2022 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, 3 physicians talked about how apps, AI and remote blood pressure monitoring could improve perinatal outcomes and move the diversity, inclusion, and equity needle for women forward.
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Women with pelvic pain turn to social media for condition information, management
March 1st 2022A survey in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology revealed that patients with chronic gynecologic pain were twice as likely to use social media to understand or manage their condition than those without pain, at 37.8% vs 19.7% respectively.
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Perspectives on global women’s mental health
This diverse group of women came together to explore the challenges in treating mental illness in patients who identify as female.
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Cytology dual-stain biomarker for detecting HPV-driven cervical precancer
December 27th 2021A prospective observational screening study has concluded a cytology dual-stain (DS) biomarker effectively triages women who test positive for primary human papillomavirus (HPV) and are at higher risk of developing cervical cancer, irrespective of the HPV genotype.
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Building a framework for a multidisciplinary approach to chronic pelvic pain therapy
November 15th 2021“If you want to provide comprehensive care, it is truly impossible as 1 person,” began Jean Uy-Kroh, MD, FACOG, director, Chronic Pelvic Pain Program at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, at AAGL’s 50th Global Congress on MIGS in Austin, Texas.
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The truth about aspirin and statin prescription for CVD prevention
September 24th 2021Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of morbidity for women in the United States. Prior to the update in 2020, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, there had been no formal guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) specifically addressing CVD in women since 2011.
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