Women’s Health

Guidelines for the late preterm infant

Donna Mohl, PhD, APRN, BC, FNP January 29, 2010

Infants born between 34 and 37 weeks' gestation face increased risks and should not be equated with the normal term neonate.
 

Blue fingers linked with breathlessness

Case and analysis by Lawrence J. Kagen, MD January 21, 2010

A physically fit young woman seeks medical care when she develops increasing dyspnea and signs of a circulatory disorder.
 

Timing was everything in this case

David S. Starr, MD, JD January 12, 2010

Plaintiff lawyers argue to extend the state statute of limitations, based on alleged concealment of abnormal test results.
 

Laboratory evaluation of thyroid function

Laura M. Gunder, DHSc, MHE, PA-C, and Sara Haddow, MSA, PA-C November 30, 2009

Blood tests can detect thyroid dysfunction, which can result in cardiac, GI, and menstrual disturbances as well as abnormalities in fetal neural development.
 

Hormone therapy following menopause

Carl Sherman November 02, 2009

The revised position statement issued by the North American Menopause Society evaluates the latest evidence and offers recommendations on who should pursue hormone therapy.
 

Candidiasis: New agents for invasive infections

Carl Sherman September 28, 2009

Updated guidelines spell out therapy for superficial as well as life-threatening disease variants that are the product of modern medicine.
 

Bilateral pruritic papules on a woman's axillae

Natalia Rompoti, MD, Deborah J. Yang, MD, and Sylvia Hsu, MD September 03, 2009

Skin-colored papules develop on the axillae of an African-American woman.
 

Some dietary guidelines more heart-friendly

August 12, 2009

Investigators can now report that Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) adherence is associated with reduced progression of coronary artery atherosclerosis in women with established coronary artery disease (CAD)—and that some DGA recommendations are more beneficial than others in this respect.
 

CDC issues recommendations on swine flu vaccination

July 31, 2009

The CDC has developed recommendations on who should receive the vaccine when it becomes available and determined who should be prioritized if the vaccine is initially available in extremely limited quantities.
 

Post-hormone therapy breast cancer risk

May 15, 2009

How long does the risk of breast cancer remain elevated after a woman stops hormone therapy?
 

Neonate opiate withdrawal

Matthew Brier, MD, MPH, and Julie Bellet, MD May 14, 2009

Fever in a newborn can be one sign of opiate withdrawal.
 

Fractures may herald more breaks in future

May 12, 2009

Women who sustained a proximal humeral fracture were more than five times as likely to break a hip within a year as women whose bones were intact.
 

In the obese, weight loss reduces incontinence

April 17, 2009

Add incontinence relief to the list of benefits obese patients gain from losing weight.
 

Coffee every day may keep stroke away

April 17, 2009

Coffee consumption may modestly reduce the risk of stroke in women.
 

Unexplained decline in anemia is welcome

February 09, 2009

Researchers have detected a significant but unexplained decline in the prevalence of anemia among women and children.
 
 

Influenza vaccination during pregnancy may reduce risk of influenza in infants

Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH January 22, 2009

A randomized trial in Bangladesh evaluated the efficacy of influenza vaccine in pregnant women.
 

Hashimoto thyroiditis

Matthew Brier, MD, MPH, and Cynthia B. Brown, MD January 20, 2009

 

Assessing excessive menstrual bleeding

Lisa Stern, APRN January 13, 2009

Menorrhagia is not a diagnosis but a symptom. Because of the number of treatment options available, patient preference is a primary consideration.
 

PCPs show gender bias in CHD diagnoses

January 06, 2009

Women are less likely than men to be diagnosed with coronary heart disease if they mention a stressful event
 

HRT after bilateral mastectomy

December 23, 2008

 

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