IUDs are Safe, Effective at Managing Periods in Youth With Disabilities The largest study of device use in young women with special needs may remove barriers to access, author says Jul 23, 2020
Older Age Should Not Rule Out Chemo in Breast Cancer Patients Providers should consider patient priorities when discussing treatment Jul 17, 2020
Essure Linked to Higher Rates of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and Chronic Pain Early results of a post-market analysis show adverse effects after years of FDA action Jul 14, 2020
The Serious Conversation: Delivering Bad News by Telemedicine As office visits move online, clinicians discuss breaking life-changing diagnoses virtually Jul 13, 2020
End of the Road for Endometrial Scratch in IVF? With no benefit in trial, "it is time to stop this practice" Jul 08, 2020
More Good News for HIV PrEP Injectable Long-acting cabotegravir dramatically cuts estimated HIV incidence Jul 07, 2020
Risk of Cerebral Palsy for IVF Babies Cut in Half in the Last Two Decades But risk among IVF twins remained stable, researchers found Jul 07, 2020
Apgar Score Offers Prognostic Info for Neonatal Survival Study challenges idea that scoring is of limited use in preterm infants Jul 01, 2020
Does COVID Mess With the Menstrual Cycle? Women with COVID-19 report changes to their periods; estrogen's potential protective effects being investigated Jun 29, 2020
Brief Quasi-Fasting Diet Boosts Breast Cancer Chemo Response Randomized trial in neoadjuvant setting Jun 28, 2020
Alzheimer's May Develop Differently in Women Brain changes appear years earlier in women than in men, imaging shows Jun 24, 2020
FDA Slaps Stem Cell Firm Linked to Nebraska Infections EUCYT Laboratories also pushing exosome treatments for COVID-19 Jun 23, 2020
Are Antenatal Steroids Tied to Higher Rates of Mental and Behavioral Disorders in Kids? Finnish study results suggest need to reconsider current guidelines Jun 08, 2020
What Are the Chances of a Second IVF Baby After the First? Quantifying the chances of repeat IVF success could help in patient counseling, with caveats Jun 05, 2020
Telemedicine Abortion Gains Momentum During Pandemic But FDA regulations on mifepristone still limit access Jun 02, 2020
Second Surgery Gets OS Win in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Survival improved by nearly 8 months with cytoreductive surgery at first relapse Jun 02, 2020
Thyroid Screening in Pregnancy: Too Much of a Good Thing? Routine screening of subclinical hypothyroidism tied to overdiagnosis, overtreatment Jun 01, 2020
Pembrolizumab May Help in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Upfront therapy extends progression-free survival in metastatic disease, study shows Jun 01, 2020
Surgery for Metastatic Breast Cancer Fails to Boost Overall Survival Cumulative data, though, don't rule out benefit for selected patients with de novo stage IV disease Jun 01, 2020
Add-On Tucatinib Ups Survival in Breast Cancer With Brain Mets TKI plus trastuzumab-capecitabine reduced risk of death by nearly half Jun 01, 2020
HCQ Linked to Harm in Cancer Patients Combination with azithromycin associated with three-fold risk of mortality, registry study shows May 28, 2020
End of Life and COVID-19; DCIS Doubles Cancer Risk; Training for 'Bad News' News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues May 28, 2020
Drugs Helped Stop Weight Regain After Gastric Bypass Half of patients in retrospective study regained a third of lost weight May 27, 2020
New Clue to Anti-PD-L1 Activity in Breast Cancer? Survival benefit with durvalumab in patients with PDL1 copy number alteration May 26, 2020
Miscarriage: Predictive of Type 2 Diabetes? Whether such a link is due to underlying metabolic conditions, however, is still to be determined May 21, 2020
Mom's Oral Fluconazole Linked to Bone and Muscle Defects in Baby Contrary to previous findings, no risk for heart defects or oral clefts May 21, 2020
Avelumab Flops Again in Ovarian Cancer Another negative phase III trial, now in the first-line setting May 19, 2020
In Utero Steroids Tied to Childhood Mental Disorders Findings may help inform choices about mom's treatment during pregnancy May 19, 2020
PARP Inhibitors Still Work in HRD-Low Ovarian Cancer In VELIA, homologous recombination deficiency score prognostic but not predictive May 14, 2020
KRAS May Predict Benefit of MEK Inhibitors in Some Ovarian Cancers Nearly 7-month PFS boost in patients with KRAS mutations May 11, 2020
Five Days of G-CSF Adequate for Breast Cancer Chemo Rate of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia similar to 7- to 10-day regimen May 08, 2020
Women Have Good Chances of a Second IVF Pregnancy Storing frozen embryos from first IVF treatment may be an advantage May 08, 2020
CDC: Less Sex, Better Birth Control for Teens Sexual activity among teen boys continues to decline, researcher says May 06, 2020
Honing Chemo Use in Small Breast Tumors Clearest survival benefit for 8-10 mm tumors in HR/HER2-positive disease May 03, 2020
Miscarriage and Maternal Mortality in Pregnant COVID-19 Patients Risk is unknown but nonzero May 01, 2020
Talzenna Misses OS Endpoint in BRCA-Positive Breast Cancer But PARP inhibitor improved patient-reported outcomes over standard therapy Apr 29, 2020
Anti-PD-L1 Plus PARP Inhibitor Ups Response in Breast Cancer Add-on treatment superior to chemo alone, but questions remain about cost, toxicity Apr 28, 2020
Enhanced Recovery Protocols Lower Opioid Use After C-Section Researchers also reported reduction in hospital stay and costs Apr 27, 2020
Add-On Metformin No Help in Advanced Endometrial Cancer Trial highlights deep racial disparities in treatment response, survival outcomes Apr 27, 2020
Hormone Levels Tied to Future Breast Cancer Risk "New avenues for exploration" in risk stratification Apr 24, 2020
