Waves of Emotion, Understanding After PBS Cancer
Dr John Marshall asks clinicians to be mindful of the emotional response cancer patients will have to the PBS Cancer documentary--and to use heightened public awareness to push for research funding. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - March 30, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Survival After Surviving -- Estimating Late Recurrence Risk
How does recurrence risk change for a patient who has already survived ovarian cancer for a few years? Maurie Markman comments on a recent Journal of Clinical Oncology paper addressing the question. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - March 13, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Best Prenatal Care to Prevent Pertussis
Tips on how you can help prevent pertussis by ensuring that pregnant women receive the Tdap vaccine. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - March 2, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Solutions in Uterine Infertility
Women born without a womb have long been told that they can never carry children. However, a groundbreaking surgery has proven that uterine infertility may be reversible in the future. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - March 2, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Could Lifestyle Factors Prevent Heart Failure in Women?
Dr JoAnn E. Manson summarizes a study reporting that women who followed healthy habits had a 77% lower risk for heart failure. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - February 24, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Colposcopic Cervical Biopsies: More Is Usually Better
Dr Andrew M. Kaunitz reviews recent data regarding the ideal number of biopsies needed to detect high-grade cervical pathology. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - February 19, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Sorting Therapy Options in Locoregional Breast Cancer
Drs Richard Zellar and Kathy Miller, at SABCS 2014, discuss locoregional breast cancer therapies, including partial breast irradiation, surgery vs radiation of sentinel nodes, and DCIS scoring. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - February 5, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Early Menopause: Precursor to Coronary Heart Disease?
Drs Scott Wright and Sharon Mulvagh discuss cardiovascular health in postmenopausal women: risk, hormones, and prevention. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - January 12, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
ELITE Trial Supports 'Timing Hypothesis' for Estrogen Therapy
Dr JoAnn Manson reviews a recent study that provides further support for the critical window-of-opportunity hypothesis for hormone therapy in atherosclerosis progression. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - January 7, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Cervical Cancer Is Preventable
If opportunities to screen for cervical cancer or vaccinate for HPV were not missed, cervical cancer rates would plummet. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - January 5, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Top Ob/Gyn Controversies From 2014
Dr Andrew Kaunitz summarizes the most important women's health controversies from this year. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - December 19, 2014 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Missed Opportunities in Cervical Cancer Prevention
Dr Andrew Kaunitz describes practices that can improve HPV vaccination rates. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - December 4, 2014 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Companies Pay for Women to Freeze Their Eggs? Not Good
Facebook and Apple say they will pay for women to freeze their eggs, supposedly a perk for those who are delaying childbearing. Who thinks this is ethical? asks bioethicist Art Caplan. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - December 3, 2014 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Baby Born From Transplanted Uterus: Should We Be Doing This?
A woman born without a womb had a uterus transplanted and successfully became pregnant and gave birth. This event turned out happily, but it raises many ethical issues. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - November 4, 2014 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
