Ob/Gyn and Women's Health News

• Metronomic Therapy Shows Promise in Breast Cancer Patients with HR+/HER2− metastatic breast cancer without previous systemic therapy were randomly assigned to receive either metronomic capecitabine plus AI or AI alone.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• New Health Cybersecurity Rule: What Docs Should Know A proposed federal rule would require hospitals and physicians’ groups to beef up health cybersecurity measures to protect patient privacy and prevent ransomware attacks. Some changes could be expensive, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Do Antibiotics Before Conception Affect Fertility? An expert cautions against misinterpretation of a meta-analysis linking preconception antibiotics to infertility and pregnancy complications.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• New Mexico Supreme Court Strikes Down Local Abortion Restrictions The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against several local ordinances in the state that aim to restrict distribution of the abortion pill.
  Reuters Health Information, January 09, 2025
• SABCS 2024 Can Some Patients Safely Skip Postmastectomy Radiation? Most women with intermediate-risk breast cancer can safely skip chest wall irradiation after mastectomy and avoid the risks for chest wall pain, fibrosis, heart damage, and lung cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• SABCS 2024 CDK 4/6 Blocker Prolongs Survival in HER2+ Breast Cancer “Incredible” results from the PATINA trial suggested a new standard of care for HER2, ER-positive metastatic breast cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Study Identifies Risk Potential for Thousands Of Mutations Of a Cancer Gene Scientists have characterized the role of thousands of mutations in the BRCA2 cancer gene, findings that may help reassure worried patients about their cancer risk or guide...
  Reuters Health Information, January 08, 2025
• Obstetric VTE Risk Rose Significantly Over Past Decade Risk for venous thromboembolism during pregnancy increased significantly from 2009 to 2019, with an average annual percent change of 9.2%.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• How Often Do Radiation Plans Need Peer Review Changes? A meta-analysis found that peer reviews in radiation oncology led to recommendations to change treatment plans in more than one in four patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• Cardiac Health Can Determine Breast Cancer Severity Individuals with cardiovascular disease could have an increased risk for advanced breast cancer at diagnosis, potentially guiding recommendations for personalized screening.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• GLP-1s: The Key to Meet BMI Cutoff for Orthopedic Surgery? Surgeons are collaborating with obesity medicine physicians, turning to GLP-1s to help high BMI patients qualify for surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Gestational Eclampsia Linked to Fivefold Epilepsy Risk A new study links gestational hypertension, eclampsia, or preeclampsia to new-onset neurologic conditions, underscoring the importance of pregnancy history, researchers said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Preoperative Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases Shows Promise Preoperative stereotactic radiosurgery to treat brain metastases resulted in low rates of local recurrence, radionecrosis, and nodular leptomeningeal disease.
  Medscape Medical News, January 06, 2025
• MSWS 2024 Inflammation Now the Key Target for Seborrheic Dermatitis Topical antifungals, although often effective, are being discouraged in the early treatment of seborrheic dermatitis now that inflammation is considered key to the underlying pathology.
  Medscape Medical News, January 06, 2025
• US Surgeon General Urges Cancer Warnings for Alcoholic Drinks -Alcoholic drinks should carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risks, the U.S. Surgeon General said in an advisory on Friday, noting that their consumption...
  Reuters Health Information, January 03, 2025
• Combined Psoriasis/PsA Clinics: Potential and Pitfalls Experts propose potential workarounds for obstacles to wider use of combined clinics and personalized medicine for dermatology and rheumatology patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025
• Exercising Longer May Boost Weight Loss, Meta-Analysis Shows Adults who were obese and exercised more than 150 min/wk at moderate intensity or higher experienced clinically important reductions in adiposity.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025
• TNF Inhibitors Ward Off Fracture in Axial Spondyloarthritis TNF inhibitors offered greater protection against fractures than NSAIDs in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025
• Nonpharmacologic Options Can Manage Hot Flashes Both cognitive-behavioral therapy and clinical hypnosis are among the most effective options not involving medication.
  Medscape Medical News, December 31, 2024
• Colchicine Guards Heart While Fighting Gout Flares Colchicine prophylaxis during initiation of urate-lowering therapy in patients with gout was associated with a reduced risk for cardiovascular events.
  Medscape Medical News, December 31, 2024