Exercise during curative chemotherapy for breast cancer has proven benefits. It helps reduce fatigue, preserve muscle strength, improve fitness, and enhance overall quality of life. Staying physically active…
With a wave of FDA approvals and promising clinical trials, treatment options for metastatic breast cancer are expanding fast. Amy Tiersten, MD, highlights the power of immunotherapies—especially checkpoint…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cervical preparation with prostaglandins before outpatient hysteroscopy does not reduce pain in women of reproductive age, researchers from UK report in the July…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Postmenopausal women with ovarian cysts detected on ultrasound are not at increased risk of developing ovarian cancer or, for that matter, breast or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For removal of uterine contents during the second trimester, dilation and evacuation (D&E) appears to prompt fewer complications and may be more cost-effective…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new report concludes that expectant management of severe preeclampsia occurring before 34 weeks gestation is appropriate in selected cases. It can prolong…
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…
