MedPod Today: Long COVID and Stem Cells; An Unusual Pregnancy; New Cannabinoids
(MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode:
Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody. Welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 22, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
People Drop the Ball When It Comes to Safe Sex on New Year's Eve
(MedPage Today) -- A new study in the annual BMJ Christmas issue suggests high levels of unprotected sex during New Year's Eve celebrations in the U.S., with an increase in sales of levonorgestrel (Plan B) in the week after that surpasses other... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 21, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Intervention Improves Outcomes For Women With Previous C-Section
(MedPage Today) -- For women with a previous cesarean section, an intervention aimed at supporting decision making reduced perinatal and maternal morbidity compared with usual care, the Canadian PRISMA trial found.
Those in the intervention group... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 18, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
A Medical Breakthrough for Postpartum Depression Within a Deeply Flawed System
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approval of the postpartum depression (PPD) pill zuranolone (Zurzuvae), based on two successful phase III trials, represents a scientific triumph. This neuroactive steroid-based treatment joins a related treatment, IV... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 15, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Baby Delivered From Rare Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy
(MedPage Today) -- A 37-year-old woman went to the emergency department after 10 days of abdominal pain, and she eventually left a tertiary care hospital with her baby -- which had grown in her abdomen.
"Ultrasonography revealed a thickened... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 14, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Giving Oropharyngeal Surfactant at Birth Is No Help to Preemies
(MedPage Today) -- There was no less need for intubation among newborns born preterm who were given prophylactic oropharyngeal surfactant at birth to ward off respiratory failure, a randomized clinical trial found.
Infants randomized to continuous... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 11, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Bispecific Antibody Combination Active in Metastatic HR+/HER2+ Breast Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Combination therapy including a bispecific antibody targeting HER2 showed durable activity in patients with previously treated metastatic hormone receptor-positive (HR+)/HER2+ breast cancer, a preliminary clinical... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 10, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Yes, Conversion Therapy Efforts Still Exist in Medical Practice
(MedPage Today) -- When medical and psychological professional associations issue a finding or pass a resolution, it naturally commands respect and attention. That's why the country notices when the American Medical Association (AMA), for instance... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 9, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Kidney Disease in Pregnancy Often Overlooked for Care
(MedPage Today) -- Women with pregnancy-related end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) had lower access to care compared with those who had other causes of ESKD, according to results from a cohort study.
Women with a pregnancy-related primary cause of... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 8, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Study 'Underscores' Value of Early Fertility Counseling for Breast Cancer Patients
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Using fertility preservation and/or assisted reproductive technologies (ART) did not adversely impact 3-year cancer recurrence rates among patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer who paused... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 8, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
More Awareness Needed of Heart Events Tied to Breast Cancer Drugs, Experts Say
(MedPage Today) -- Pharmacovigilance is needed to identify, monitor, and prevent cardiovascular adverse events (CV-AEs) associated with new agents for breast cancer and to reduce the risk of cardiotoxicity for the growing number of survivors, according... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 8, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Adding Immunotherapy to Neoadjuvant Chemo Boosts pCR in HR-Positive Breast Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Adding an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) to chemotherapy significantly increased the rate of pathologic complete response (pCR) and reduced residual cancer burden (RCB) in high-risk early-stage hormone receptor... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 7, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
See Which States Have the Most High-Performing Hospitals for Maternity Care
(MedPage Today) -- For expectant parents considering where to seek maternity care, these 311 facilities earned top marks on this year's "Best Hospitals for Maternity Care" list from U.S. News & World Report.
This year, a dozen states once... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 5, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Serial Amnioinfusions Helped Neonates Survive Without Kidneys
(MedPage Today) -- Serial infusions to restore amniotic fluid lost due to lack of fetal renal development before 26 weeks' gestation improved the rate of live births without maternal safety risks, the RAFT trial found.
Among 18 cases of fetal... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 5, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Early Interventions for Autism; Imaging After Stenting
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - November 25, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
