Immediate postpartum IUD insertion causes little pain, distress
WASHINGTON – Many women who underwent post-placental IUD insertion reported little or no pain, regardless of whether they had an epidural during childbirth, according to the findings of a small pilot... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 7, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Liquid biopsies prove useful alternative to tissue biopsies
CHICAGO – Liquid biopsy, the testing of the blood for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), identified cancer mutations useful as biomarkers in 85% of all advanced cancer cases in the largest-ever genomic... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 7, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
USPSTF updates recommendations for syphilis screening
Because syphilis infection rates have increased over the last decade, health care providers should screen patients for the disease more frequently to detect and treat it earlier and more effectively,... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 7, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Obesity continues to trend up among women over the past decade
Four in 10 women in the United States are obese, 1 in 10 women has a body mass index above 40 kg/m2, and significantly more women are obese than a decade ago, according to a large study... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 7, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
VIDEO: Direct-to-patient study empowers patients, accelerates research
CHICAGO – The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project is an innovative direct-to-patient initiative that allows metastatic breast cancer patients from around the country – often found through social media –... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 7, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Subclinical hypothyroidism: Treat or not?
The benefits of treating subclinical hypothyroidism with low-dose levothyroxine may outweigh the harms of delaying treatment until the condition has become symptomatic, requiring higher doses,... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 6, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
VIDEO: Doctors should be challenged to extend AIs
CHICAGO – Extending adjuvant aromatase inhibitor treatment out to a decade reduced the risk of recurrence and the risk of a new breast cancer in postmenopausal women treated for early-stage breast... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 6, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Study helps set upper boundary for leukocytosis after prenatal corticosteroids
WASHINGTON – Maternal leukocytosis after prenatal corticosteroid administration peaks at up to 24 hours after therapy, with the highest second standard deviation from the mean being 18.3 x 109/L,... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 3, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Targeting vagal activity could improve breast cancer survival
ATLANTA – Vagal activity predicts survival in patients with metastatic or recurrent breast cancer, a study showed.
The findings are intriguing, given that vagal activity is modifiable, according to... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 2, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Remote prenatal care monitoring is a hit with patients
WASHINGTON – Is it time to reconsider the standard prenatal care model of 12-14 in-office prenatal visits?
As pregnant women increasingly use digital technology, and as the array of available... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 2, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Maternal vaccination against pertussis can protect premature infants
Maternal immunization in the early third trimester (from 28 weeks’ gestation) may protect premature infants from pertussis, study results found.
This was the finding of an observational substudy of... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 2, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Women prescribed opioids during pregnancy have outcomes similar to those of illicit users
WASHINGTON – Women using chronic prescription opioids while pregnant have obstetrics outcomes similar to those of women chronically using illegal opioids and/or other forms of opioid substitution... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 1, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
CDC updates guidelines for Zika virus testing, interpretation of results
Patients with suspected Zika virus infection who have negative real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) test results are not automatically in the clear, officials at the... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 1, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Sodium fluorescein emerges as alternative to indigo carmine in cystoscopy
WASHINGTON – Sodium fluorescein is proving to be an excellent agent for helping to verify ureteral efflux during intraoperative cystoscopy, Dr. Jay Goldberg said at the annual meeting of the American... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 1, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Case of colistin-resistant <i>E. coli</i> identified in the United States
In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the United States, researchers identified a female patient with colistin-resistant Escherichia coli. The patient harbored mcr-1, a gene... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - June 1, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
