Contraceptive Use in Medicare Varies by Enrollment Type Study examines use among enrollees ages 20 to 50 with disabilities Jan 08, 2024
Are Pediatricians Hesitant About IUDs for Adolescents? An AAP policy had little impact on pediatricians' practices around IUDs, subdermal implants Jan 08, 2024
Retinal Tumor Risk Incidentally Detected at 29 Weeks' Gestation Finding poses clinical and ethical dilemma for parents and clinicians Jan 08, 2024
Open Blood-Brain Barrier for Alzheimer's Treatment?; Managing TMD Also in TTHealthWatch: IV drug for early atrial fibrillation Jan 06, 2024 podcast
Early Bird? Night Owl? It May Matter for Eating Disorder Risk Anorexia linked to chronotype in both directions Jan 05, 2024
MeCo Score May Predict Metastatic Progression in Breast Cancer Seeing whether it can predict response to antifibrotic therapies is next step Jan 05, 2024 video
Maternal Type 1 Diabetes an Outsized Red Flag for Child Heart Defect Risk But don't ignore maternal overweight, obesity, and gestational diabetes, study says Jan 05, 2024
Stressed Women With Infertility May Have Higher Blood Sugar During Pregnancy Women with the most self-reported stress had highest glucose levels Jan 05, 2024
U.S. Rep's Death Medical Negligence? FDA Investigates GLPs; Fingerprint Mammograms Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Bվ staff Jan 05, 2024
Medical Mystery Case: What Landed This Pregnant Woman in the Hospital? Can you solve the mystery? Jan 04, 2024
More Hospital Mask Mandates; Ear Wax Cleaning Cameras; Twins Born in Different Years Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Bվ staff Jan 04, 2024
Combination Shows Promise in Metastatic ESR1-Mutant Breast Cancer Durable responses with lasofoxifene plus abemaciclib in post-CDK4/6 inhibitor setting Jan 03, 2024
Details of New Ob/Gyn Residency Application System Revealed The application, called ResidencyCAS, prioritizes "holistic review" and costs less than ERAS Jan 03, 2024
Paramagnetic Seeds: An Effective Option for Breast Lesion Localization Study finds seeds-SPIO combo compares favorably with guidewire-SPIO for breast-conserving surgery Jan 02, 2024
Prenatal Folic Acid Supplements Tied to Lower Risk of Kawasaki Disease in Babies Japanese observational study suggests a modifiable risk factor Jan 01, 2024
Psychedelics for Psych Conditions Made Their Mark in 2023 Benefits demonstrated in major depression, bipolar depression, PTSD, and anorexia Dec 31, 2023
Dulaglutide, Weight Gain, and Smoking Cessation; New Year's Eye Injuries Also in TTHealthWatch: Doxycycline for STI prevention and the risks of AI in medicine Dec 30, 2023 podcast
Prenatal Fentanyl Exposure Suspected in Novel Syndrome Causality has yet to be determined for what resembles Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome Dec 29, 2023
Financial Toxicity Among Single Mothers With Metastatic Breast Cancer Diagnosis coupled with financial burden makes for a difficult situation, but help is out there Dec 29, 2023 video
On the Health Docket for the Supreme Court's 2024 Term An alarming agenda with potentially grave consequences for public health Dec 28, 2023
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Abortion Pill Access The nation's high court will consider the Fifth Circuit's ruling on mifepristone Dec 28, 2023
Benzodiazepine Use in Pregnancy Tied to Miscarriage Risk Taiwanese study attempted to control for unmeasured confounders Dec 27, 2023
Do You Believe in These Medical Superstitions? "I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious" -- Michael Scott, "The Office" Dec 27, 2023
Gonorrhea, Then and Now And when -- if ever -- will resistant super-bugs increase the use of condoms? Dec 22, 2023
SABCS 2023 Highlights Open the Door for More Key Data in 2024 Virginia Kaklamani, MD, discusses this year's sessions of interest and looks ahead to next year Dec 22, 2023 video
MedPod Today: Long COVID and Stem Cells; An Unusual Pregnancy; New Cannabinoids Bվ reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Dec 22, 2023 podcast
People Drop the Ball When It Comes to Safe Sex on New Year's Eve Study finds large spike in emergency contraception sales the week after Dec 20, 2023 video
Antibiotic After Sex No Help in Preventing STIs in Women Poor adherence may be to blame in this Kenyan population, researchers say Dec 20, 2023
Ozanimod Did Not Appear to Lead to More Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes However, avoiding pregnancy when on the IBD/MS drug still advised Dec 19, 2023
Maternal Flu Shot Protects Infants Against Severe Disease Vaccine effectiveness was better when mom was vaccinated during third trimester Dec 19, 2023
Sharp Uptick in Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy Visits After ACA's Passage Large database analysis shows room for more HIV testing, prevention Dec 18, 2023
Intervention Improves Outcomes For Women With Previous C-Section Risk assessment, decision-making support reduced major perinatal and maternal morbidity Dec 18, 2023
Matthew Perry's Cause of Death; Woman's 'Abuse of a Corpse' Charge; HIV in Girls Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Bվ staff Dec 18, 2023
Cannabis Exposure During Pregnancy; Tirzepatide Cessation and Weight Gain Also in TTHealthWatch: newer vaccine technologies in adults Dec 16, 2023 podcast
Atezolizumab Plus Carboplatin Boosts Survival in Metastatic TNBC But editorialists note that with recent advances, "it is hard to justify" use of combination Dec 15, 2023
A Medical Breakthrough for Postpartum Depression Within a Deeply Flawed System Issues of equity and access persist for mental healthcare Dec 15, 2023
Trump's Cognitive Exam; CDC Issues 'Urgent' Vaccination Alert; Plan B Use Doubled Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Bվ staff Dec 15, 2023
Baby Delivered From Rare Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy Both the mother and neonate survived, making the case extra rare Dec 13, 2023
Early Detection Is Key to Higher Cure Rates in Ovarian Cancer "We are not aware of precancer stages for ovarian cancer" Dec 13, 2023
One in Five BRCA-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Able to Conceive Disease-free survival comparable between patients who did and did not become pregnant Dec 12, 2023