Because research shows that women are more likely than men to forgo, delay and ration medical care because of personal debt incurred from healthcare costs and expenses, investigators set out to determine whether financial hardships associated with medical debt also differ by gender.
Over the past 25 years, advances in cancer treatment have led to improved long-term survival rates among adult and pediatric cancer patients.
Among premenopausal women who have undergone mammography in the previous 2 years, mammography is more sensitive at detecting breast cancer when performed during the first week of the menstrual cycle than during the second, third or fourth.
Studies confirm that passive secondhand cigarette smoke inhaled by pregnant women increases risks for stillbirths, certain birth defects, and other adverse perinatal outcomes.
About half of 131 US medical schools surveyed reported that they had provided instruction to students on Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse laws in 2010.
The author takes a closer look at preterm birth and the issues surrounding it.
In addition to possibly decreasing the risk for diabetes and liver cancer, drinking 1 or more cups of coffee per day may lower a woman's risk for stroke by as much as 25%.
Women who smoke during the first trimester of pregnancy increase the risk of their offspring developing certain congenital heart defects by 20% to 70%.
At approximately 7 months gestation, a 29-year-old Illinois woman complained to the physician that she was experiencing burning pain in her right breast and clear discharge from the nipple.
Prenatal surgical repair of myelomeningocele reduces the need for cerebrospinal fluid shunting and improves motor outcomes at 30 months compared with traditional postnatal repair.
CMS will rescind a new Medicare rule requiring physicians to provide their signatures on requisitions for laboratory tests.
On March 31, the US Department of Health and Human Services released proposed new rules to help physicians and other healthcare providers better coordinate care for Medicare patients through accountable care organizations.
In Part 3, the speakers address the question: Is there a place for robot-assisted laparoscopy? They also discuss the benefits that should not be ignored and what role robot-assisted laparoscopy might play in clinical practice in the future.
Untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in pregnancy can lead to such negative outcomes as spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, low birth weight, congenital infections, and other abnormalities.
One in 10 pregnant women experience depression with severe risks, and depression during pregnancy is associated with higher risks for complications as well as postpartum depression. Yet treating depression during pregnancy raises concerns for maternal well-being and fetus well-being alike, requiring clinicians to constantly balance the benefits of psychopharmacological agents for women while minimizing risks to their fetuses.
Children whose mothers used paracetamol during their pregnancy may have a slightly increased risk of childhood wheeze, according to a meta-analysis published in the April issue of Clinical & Experimental Allergy.
In Part 2, the authors discuss how robotic laparoscopic hysterectomy compares with traditional laparoscopic hysterectomy. They also explore the clinical implications of one treatment versus the other.
Although most victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) present to the emergency department (ED), they are not usually identified and may not receive interventions, according to a study published online March 15 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
The duration of breast-feeding is associated with higher maternal ghrelin and pancreatic peptide YY (PYY) levels at three years postpartum, independent of other risk factors for metabolic disease, according to a study published in the April issue of Diabetes.
Young women who are subject to controlling behaviors from a partner and suffering from physical and sexual relationship violence (RV) are more reticent about screening for RV, according to a study published in the April issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Consumption of food containing soy isoflavones does not appear to increase the risk of cancer recurrence or mortality among breast cancer survivors, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held April 2 to 6 in Orlando, Fla.
March 9, 2010 a 46 year old woman came to me having been told that she needs a hysterectomy because of heavy bleeding from her fibroid. She wanted to know her options. Ultrasound showed a tennis ball size fibroid that was 2/3 in the uterine wall and 1/3 in the cavity of the uterus.
Among postmenopausal women with prior hysterectomy, cessation of conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) therapy reduces the risk of stroke, and the risk of breast cancer remains reduced, according to a study to be published on April 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Teen birth rates in the United States have declined over the last two decades, but they remain high, according a Vital Signs report in the April 5 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
An individualized screen evaluating epithelial cells from women's breast milk may provide insight into breast cancer risk, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held April 2 to 6 in Orlando, Fla.
Concern that risks outweighed the possible benefits of estrogen use caused the cessation of the Women's Health Initiative Estrogen-Alone Trial. However, researchers decided to continue monitoring patients for outcomes despite the study protocol discontinuation to gain insight into the long-term effects of the conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) therapy. What they found was surprising-and somewhat positive.
Endometrial cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed gynecologic cancer in the United States. In fact, the number of women affected by the disease continues to rise despite a slight decline in annual incidence rates in the past 30 years.
Several high-risk forms of human papillomavirus (HPV) antibodies may be associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held April 2 to 6 in Orlando, Fla.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT), a new imaging technology that allows noninvasive cross-sectional imaging, has high sensitivity for diagnosing cervical cancer, but low specificity, according to a study published in the March issue of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine.
U.S. radiologists with higher annual screening volumes and focus have statistically significant lower false-positive rates and cancer detection rates during mammography, according to a study published in the April issue of Radiology.