Methenamine Hippurate Could Be Alternative Treatment for Recurrent UTI
(MedPage Today) -- The urinary antiseptic methenamine hippurate (Hiprex) was non-inferior to antibiotic prophylaxis in women with a history of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI), according to results from the ALTAR trial.
Over the course... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - July 6, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Doctors Face Unprecedented Legal Risks After Roe Overturn
(MedPage Today) -- In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on Roe v. Wade, doctors across the country are facing an array of legal questions and concerns that are so new and uncertain they once seemed out of the realm of possibility, according... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - July 1, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Health System Briefly Halts 'Plan B' Amid Abortion Ban Confusion
(MedPage Today) -- A Missouri-based health system will once again provide emergency contraception after briefly stopping days earlier, in another example of the legal confusion affecting healthcare systems in the aftermath of the Supreme Court... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 30, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Make the Diagnosis: Urinary Symptoms -- What ’s Your Diagnosis?
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Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 28, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Interactive Map: Abortion Bans and Penalties
(MedPage Today) -- Following Roe overturn, abortion bans go into effect and doctors face prison time (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 27, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Two Americas After the Fall of Roe
(MedPage Today) -- On Friday, the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned its landmark abortion decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), which established a constitutional right to... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 27, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Where Abortion Is Now Illegal; Next Fight, Mifepristone; Long COVID-Sniffing Dogs?
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Abortion is now illegal or severely restricted in 11 states following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (NPR)
In states allowing exceptions... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 27, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Number of U.S. Cancer Survivors Grows to 18 Million
(MedPage Today) -- A growing -- and aging -- population, combined with advances in early detection and treatment, pushed the number of cancer survivors to new heights this year.
More than 18 million Americans with a history of cancer, two... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 24, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
COVID Vax a Must at the Border; WHO to Rename Monkeypox; Abortions Rose in 2020
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Truckers trying to cross the U.S./Canada border -- in either direction -- will still need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, even as Canada is dropping some... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 15, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Diabetes Threatens Long-Term Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- For metastatic breast cancer patients, diabetes appeared to hurt outcomes only among long-term survivors, researchers reported.
In a retrospective study of people with metastatic breast cancer, diabetes wasn't associated with... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 13, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Med Students Call for Comprehensive Sex Ed in Schools at the AMA Meeting
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Medical students called for comprehensive sex education in schools during preliminary discussions at the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates meeting here.
The Medical Student Section (MSS) sought... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 13, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
AMA Debates Policy on Informal Milk Sharing Amid Formula Shortage
(MedPage Today) -- A draft policy calling for the American Medical Association (AMA) to "discourage" informal milk sharing faced an onslaught of opposition from nearly a dozen physicians, most of them parents, during the AMA's House of Delegates... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 13, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Sex and the (Not Quite) Single Arthritis Patient
(MedPage Today) -- COPENHAGEN -- Half of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 30% of those with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) reported substantial problems with sexual function, according to a survey reported here.
Among 27 with RA diagnoses... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 2, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
A Streamlined Model for Medication Abortion Access
(MedPage Today) -- The recently leaked Supreme Court draft decision on abortion recently revealed that our nation is on the edge of a major shift in the abortion care landscape. As the federal right to abortion may soon be overruled, patients in... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - May 29, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Abortion Rights Opponents, Supporters Both in the Spotlight at House Hearing
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Passions on both sides of the abortion issue were on display Wednesday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Revoking Your Rights: The Ongoing Crisis in Abortion Care Access."
"This hearing is not... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - May 18, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
