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.