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…
In this video, Sarah DiGeronimo, NP, and Sydney Smith, PharmD, both from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, discuss tips for the management of common side effects resulting from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Some assisted reproduction protocols call for oral contraceptive (OC) pretreatment before ovarian stimulation, but this approach significantly reduces ongoing pregnancy rates, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When used to prevent postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) following cesarean section, a single dose of carbetocin (Duratocin, Pabal) is less likely than oxytocin (Sintocinon)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single intravenous (IV) infusion of iron polymaltose added to a standard regimen of oral iron sulfate to treat iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Peripartum hysterectomy is associated with significantly more complications and deaths compared to nonobstetric hysterectomy, a new study confirms. “We knew that peripartum hysterectomy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Statins do not reduce fracture risk or increase bone mineralization in postmenopausal women, according to a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When hypothyroid women become pregnant, they need to increase their levothyroxine dose by two tablets per week, or 29%, a new trial has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A slight modification to the embryo transfer (ET) technique leads to significantly better pregnancy rates, according to researchers in Iran. They use an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A woman who has had one breech presentation is at increased risk for the same in later pregnancies, researchers in Australia report. They…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High doses of oxytocin are more effective than low doses for labor augmentation, a new meta-analysis has shown. The higher-dose protocols shortened labor…
