Women's Health
- Another influenza season in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic
Flu season is upon us at the ominous milestone of more than 722,000 US deaths from COVID-19.
- Options for preserving fertility in women undergoing gonadotoxic treatment
For females undergoing cancer therapy, proactive treatments can help preserve the possibility of having children.
- Should my older adult patients take aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease?
For patients age 70 and older, recent evidence shows that the harms outweigh the benefits.
- Elevated hCG can be a benign finding in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women
A search for the source of the elevation in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women who are not pregnant and have no disease or tumor may delay patient care.
- Risk-based guidelines: Redefining management of abnormal cervical cancer screening results
A shift from results-based to risk-based management, based on the patient’s immediate and 5-year risks of grade 3 or higher cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
- Teriparatide: Label changes and identifying patients for long-term use
The changes leave clinicians with the challenge of identifying appropriate patients.
- How do you effectively evaluate the elderly for alcohol use disorder?
A brief review of clues to an underrecognized and underdiagnosed problem with physical as well as emotional and social consequences.
- Promoting physical activity in older women to maximize health
The optimal type, intensity, and level required to achieve specific health outcomes depend on the disease the patient and clinician are trying to prevent or manage.
- Pregnancy in a woman with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
She presents with nausea and emesis 7 weeks after her last menstrual period.
- Median arcuate ligament syndrome: Incidental finding or real problem?
A woman was admitted with pain in the epigastrium and right upper quadrant that radiated to the back, as well as nausea and dry heaves.