HHS issues guidance on ransomware attacks
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights has issued new guidance to help physicians and their practices combat a ransomware attack.
Ransomware – a type of... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 13, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
CDC forecasts low chance of mosquito-borne Zika infection at Olympics
With only a few weeks left until the 2016 Olympic Games get underway in Rio de Janeiro, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging anyone traveling to the Olympics to take... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 13, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Medicaid expansion linked to lower uninsured rates
The overall uninsured rate for nonelderly adults took a significant drop from 18.8% in 2013 to 14.4% in 2014, with rates by age lower and declines generally larger among states that expanded Medicaid... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 13, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Incidence of HPV-associated cancers on the rise
The incidence of human papillomavirus–associated cancers is increasing in the United States, but many of these cases could be prevented by the HPV vaccine, investigators from the Centers for Disease... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 12, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Hanger: Incidence of HPV-associated cancers on the rise
The incidence of human papillomavirus–associated cancers is increasing in the United States, but many of these cases could be prevented by the HPV vaccine, investigators from the Centers for Disease... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 12, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
No difference between chemo regimens for ovarian clear cell carcinoma
Irinotecan plus cisplatin is no better than paclitaxel plus carboplatin for women with ovarian clear cell carcinoma, according to an international study led by Japanese investigators.
Clear cell... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 12, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Retiring Baby Boomers leave fewer workers to pay for Medicare
The influx of aging Baby Boomers into the ranks of the retired will reduce the ratio of workers available to pay for each Medicare part A beneficiary by 40% from 2000 to 2030, according to the 2016... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 12, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Expert: Screen military spouses for sleep problems
DENVER – Sleep problems and their host of deleterious physical and psychosocial consequences are pervasive among the civilian female spouses of U.S. military service members, according to the first... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 12, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Collaborative depression care model offers promise in rural practice
An ob.gyn. practice in rural Washington state has successfully implemented a collaborative care model for depression management that relies on “depression care managers” and a consulting psychiatrist... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 12, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Vasodilator, biomarkers present potential for preeclampsia care
Treatment with oral sildenafil citrate significantly extended gestation by 4 days, compared with placebo in women with preeclampsia in a randomized trial.
The findings come from one of a trio of... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 11, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Early preterm birth poses highest risk for recurrence
Women who have had a preterm or early-term birth are at greater risk for an early delivery during a subsequent pregnancy, compared with women whose previous pregnancies have been full term, according... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 11, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
FDA approves first retinoid for OTC acne treatment
The Food and Drug Administration has approved adapalene gel 0.1% for over-the-counter use, making it the first retinoid for treating acne that will be available in the United States without a... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 11, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Most women conceive within 5 years of starting fertility treatment
HELSINKI, FINLAND – The overall birth rate within 5 years of initiating fertility treatment with homologous gametes was 71% among nearly 20,000 women in a Danish assisted reproductive technology... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 11, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Safety of sentinel node dissection alone holds up a decade out
CHICAGO – Women with clinical early-stage breast cancer and a positive sentinel lymph node who receive breast-conserving therapy can safely skip an axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), and... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 10, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Ipsilateral arm BP measurements after breast cancer?
A 47-year-old woman with a history of right-sided breast cancer – status after lumpectomy, lymph node dissection, and radiation – comes in to clinic for evaluation. She asks the MA to take... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - July 8, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
