NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over the past nearly 30 years, survivors of myocardial infarction have suffered an increasing rate of osteoporotic fractures, a new population-based cohort study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women giving birth, a high-dose oxytocin regimen results in a shorter duration of labor without increasing the c-section rate or adversely affecting…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In young women with breast cancer, temporary ovarian suppression by the gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue triptorelin during chemotherapy reduces the occurrence of premature menopause,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In postmenopausal women with node-positive early breast cancer, substituting docetaxel for epirubicin for the last three cycles of chemotherapy may improve outcome without…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Frenotomy in newborns with significant ankyloglossia rapidly improves breastfeeding scores and reduces maternal nipple pain, according to the results of a randomized trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When used as adjuvant therapy in high-risk breast cancer or as primary treatment for metastatic breast cancer, high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) with autologous stem-cell…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) is as effective as systemic progestogen regimens for endometrial protection in women taking estrogen replacement therapy for menopausal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with a history of an atrial switch procedure for congenital d-transposition of the great arteries are at risk of untoward pregnancy outcomes,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who receive general anesthesia for cesarean delivery have much higher rates of postpartum hemorrhage than those who have epidural anesthesia, a study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The diagnostic value of hysterosalpingography for detecting uterine abnormalities in women undergoing assisted reproduction is “unconvincing,” Turkish investigators report. They suggest in their…