STUDY: C-section rates vary vastly by state
The overall rate of Cesarean sections decreased slightly to 33.7% from 35.2% during the 5-year period between July 2010 and June 2015, based on findings from a <a... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 29, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Psoriasis cardiovascular risk parallels type 2 diabetes
Psoriasis increased the measures of coronary artery calcium at a level similar to that seen in type 2 diabetes mellitus, independent of cardiovascular disease risk factors, based on data from a trio... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 29, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
HPV vaccination rates grow slowly
Over half, 56% of adolescents aged 13-17 years in the United States had received at least one dose of HPV vaccine, based on 2015 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2015... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 29, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Maraviroc shows potential for HIV PrEP in women
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Maraviroc-containing regimens for daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in women at risk for HIV infection showed good safety and tolerability in a phase 2 study, the first... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 29, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Hemophilia carriers are at risk for abnormal bleeding
ORLANDO – The traditional view that women who are hemophilia carriers are unaffected by the disease may not be accurate, because many hemophilia carriers experience abnormal bleeding, a hemophilia... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 27, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Extended-release granisetron superior antiemetic for cisplatin chemotherapy
SAN DIEGO – An investigational extended-release formulation of granisetron outperformed ondansetron as a component of triple-drug antiemetic therapy for patients on cisplatin-based highly emetogenic... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 27, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Take back a patient who fired you? No way
I refuse to do retreads.
This has nothing to do with my car. If a retread tire gives me the same performance and safety at a lower price, I’m all for it.
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Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 26, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
CDC reports asymptomatic Zika transmission; FDA begins universal blood testing
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed a case of Zika virus infection in a nonpregnant Maryland woman who likely contracted the virus through sexual intercourse... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 26, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Proper treatment of herpes zoster ‘a work in progress’
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. – In medical school you may have been taught that herpes zoster infection primarily impacts elderly patients, but the burden of disease is shifting – along with the... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 25, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Zika virus persists in serum for more than 2 months in newborns
Zika virus infections can persist for more than 2 months after birth in congenitally infected infants, indicating that viral shedding of Zika can take several weeks, according to an Aug. 24, 2016... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 24, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
U.S. breastfeeding rates rise for newborns
More than 80% of mothers in the United States started breastfeeding their infants at birth in 2013, 52% were breastfeeding at 6 months, and 30% were breastfeeding at 12 months, according to a... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 24, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Sterilization rates decline for women despite coverage
Fewer women aged 20-44 years are using sterilization as their primary method of contraception, despite no-cost coverage of the procedure under the Affordable Care Act.
Sterilization rates in... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 24, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Multifocal effort needed to rein in prescription prices
Enforcing more stringent requirements for exclusivity rights, ensuring timely generic drug availability, and providing greater opportunities for meaningful price negotiation by government payers... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 23, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Zika virus pits pregnant women against time, knowledge gaps
ANNAPOLIS, MD. – The scramble to learn exactly how and when after infection the Zika virus affects the developing fetus, has put pregnant women at the center of an unprecedented infectious disease... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 23, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Integrated PrEP and ART prevents HIV transmission in couples
In committed couples, HIV transmission from positive partners dropped from an expected incidence of more than 5% to less than 0.5% per year when the uninfected partner used pre-exposure prophylaxis... (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)
Source: Ob.Gyn. News - August 23, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
