Texting to Improve Adherence to CVD Medications; Detecting Maternal Cancers Also in TTHealthWatch: U.S. drug prices under Medicare's price negotiation system Dec 07, 2024 podcast
Maternal Mortality Review Panels Are in the Spotlight: Here's What They Do A look at how the panels look at deaths Dec 07, 2024
Women's CVD Risk Calculations Barely Budge When Sex-Specific Variables Are Included Existing models improved only slightly after accounting for certain female risk factors Dec 06, 2024
Transgender Women More Likely to Suffer Injuries Than Cisgender Women Injuries were most often to the head, face, and chest Dec 06, 2024
Experts Wrestle Over Uses of PFAS During Senate Hearing Industry witness warns of unintended consequences of blanket bans Dec 06, 2024
Self-Pay, AI-Enhanced Breast Cancer Screening Detected More Cancers Overall cancer detection rate was about 43% higher versus women who chose not to participate Dec 06, 2024
Nearly 6 Million Deaths From Five Major Cancer Types Averted Since 1975 Prevention and screening efforts accounted for 80% of those averted deaths Dec 05, 2024
Prenatal Cell-Free DNA Sequencing May Help Detect Cancer in Mothers Nearly half of women with unusual or nonreportable cfDNA-sequencing results had cancer Dec 04, 2024
Supreme Court Appears Likely to Uphold Bans on Transgender Care for Minors Justices' decision is not expected for several months Dec 04, 2024
HIPEC for Recurrent, Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer Fails to Improve PFS More favorable-risk patient population may explain variance from other recent studies Dec 03, 2024
COVID Contrarians Rise; Philly Residents Want Union; What Happens After IVF Mix-Up? Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 26, 2024
Severe Maternal Morbidity at First Birth Linked to Lower Subsequent Birth Rates Traumatic experiences in pregnancy, delivery can shape reproductive decisions, authors say Nov 25, 2024
Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to Strict Abortion Ban After Two Women Die Exceptions would broaden doctors' ability to intervene Nov 23, 2024
Georgia Disbands Maternal Mortality Committee Over Leaked Abortion Info State's public health commissioner says whoever shared the information violated state law Nov 22, 2024
Genetic Carrier Screening Changed Couples' Reproductive Decision Making Australian study explored screening for hundreds of genetic conditions Nov 20, 2024
Texas Has Sued Three Doctors Over Youth Gender-Affirming Care All three physicians could lose their licenses Nov 20, 2024
Advocates Fear Trump Will Reimpose Abortion 'Gag Rule' Governing U.S. Aid to Africa Services might soon be unavailable Nov 20, 2024
Postpartum Depression Rose Significantly Over Past Decade The largest increases were among individuals who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander Nov 20, 2024
Industry Clinic • Ad Insights A United Front: Helping Protect Infants From RSV Lower Respiratory Tract Disease Nov 20, 2024
Sacubitril/Valsartan Curbs Cardiotoxicity From Chemotherapy Benefit shown in trial of patients flagged for high risk of cardiotoxicity Nov 20, 2024
Small Benefit, Persistent Toxic Risk With Adjuvant Anthracycline in Breast Cancer Time for "long goodbye" to the "burning red devil," say editorialists Nov 19, 2024
What Happens to Abortion Access in the Next Trump Administration? Legal experts weigh the Comstock Act, EMTALA, a federal ban, and RFK Jr.'s influence Nov 19, 2024
Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Abortion Laws, Including a Ban on Pills to End Pregnancy Laws impede fundamental right of entire class of people to make healthcare decisions, judge says Nov 19, 2024
RFK Jr. Spurs FDA Resignations; Chatbot to User: 'Please Die'; Dating Apps and STIs Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 15, 2024
Larger Study Supports Safety of Tetracyclines During Early Pregnancy Jury is still out, however, without more rigorous evidence Nov 14, 2024
Adding HIPEC Boosts Survival in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Results "signal a paradigm shift," expert says Nov 14, 2024
We Cannot Provide Care With Our Hands Tied Behind Our Backs What a second Trump administration could mean for physician autonomy Nov 14, 2024
Birth Control and Abortion Pill Requests Have Surged Since Trump Won the Election One company saw a 966% increase in sales of emergency contraception after the election Nov 14, 2024
Air Pollution Tied to Preterm Birth Risk Extreme heat, wildfire smoke identified as risk factors Nov 13, 2024
STI Epidemic Slows as New Syphilis and Gonorrhea Cases Fall in the U.S. Cases of the most infectious stages of syphilis fell 10% Nov 13, 2024
Gender-Affirming Care Isn't Just for Adults, Say AMA Delegates One pediatric endocrinologist called it "lifesaving" for her patients Nov 12, 2024
Lifestyle and Parkinson's Risk; Air Cleaners and Illness; Stockpiling Birth Control Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 12, 2024
Year in Review: Early Breast Cancer USPSTF screening recommendations, broader indication for ribociclib, OS win for pembrolizumab Nov 12, 2024
Early Intratracheal Budesonide Didn't Improve Outcomes for Preterm Infants Added corticosteroid had no benefit on survival free of bronchopulmonary dysplasia Nov 11, 2024
Anti-Abortion Groups Press Trump for More Restrictions as Abortion Pill Sales Spike Advocates look to undo Biden administration's policies Nov 11, 2024
Who Needs a Defibrillator After MI? FDA Recs on Inferior Vena Cava Filters Also in TTHealthWatch: early sugar exposure, hypertension, and diabetes Nov 09, 2024 podcast
What the Astronomical Rise in Incarceration Means for Women's Health Health disparities, such as high rates of cervical cancer, in this population deserve attention Nov 09, 2024
Trump Likely to Undo Several of Biden's Executive Orders on Health Orders restoring WHO membership, aiding reproductive health access likely on the chopping block Nov 08, 2024
FDA Panel Backs Cryoablation in Early Breast Cancer as Alternative to Surgery ProSense device would be indicated with adjuvant endocrine therapy for some low-risk patients Nov 08, 2024
Your Patient Is in Pain. Hear Their Cry. Systemic injustices drive us to view some patients as more believable than others Nov 08, 2024