Women's Health
- Optimizing calcium and vitamin D intake through diet and supplements
Set modest calcium targets, maximize dietary intake, and make up the defi cit with calcium citrate.
- Is Pap testing still needed after hysterectomy?
There is no need to continue Pap testing after hysterectomy for a benign indication.
- Hydroxychloroquine: An old drug with new relevance
This antimalarial drug is now approved to treat discoid lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis.
- What you can do for your fibromyalgia patient
Fibromyalgia is a defi ned syndrome of neuronal dysregulation and can be diagnosed and managed in a primary care setting.
- Genitourinary syndrome of menopause: Common problem, effective treatments
Half of all postmenopausal women experience these symptoms. Most do not seek relief.
- The female athlete triad: It takes a team
An energy deficit from increased exercise, decreased intake, or both can suppress the menstrual cycle and lead to bone loss.
- Make no bones about it!
It is important to diagnose and treat the female athlete triad to maintain optimal bone health.
- Ascites from intraperitoneal urine leakage after pelvic radiation
Six years earlier, the patient had undergone hysterectomy and chemoradiotherapy for cervical cancer.
- Primary care management of chronic pelvic pain in women
While referral may eventually be indicated, primary care doctors can take steps to diagnose and manage the condition.
- Scapular rash and endocrine neoplasia
A woman in her 30s presents with an itchy skin-colored rash over her scapula of 8 years’ duration.