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  • Urology Times

    Up to 6.5% of U.S. women meet interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome symptom criteria



    A new study has found that between 3.4 and 7.9 million American women age 18 and over have symptoms consistent with IC/PBS.

  • Contemporary OB/GYN Newsline

    Prophylactic mastectomy rare among high-risk women



    It is relatively uncommon for women at high risk for breast cancer, but without diagnosed disease, to opt for prophylactic mastectomy, but women diagnosed with breast cancer are increasingly likely to undergo contralateral mastectomy, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in Cancer.

  • Contemporary OB/GYN Newsline

    Exercise can slow bone loss in breast-feeding mothers



    Breast-feeding mothers who engage in resistance and aerobic exercise lose less bone mineral density than their sedentary counterparts do, according to a study in the October issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

  • Contemporary OB/GYN Newsline

    Role of estrogen supported in colorectal cancer survival



    The finding that younger women with metastatic colorectal cancer (MCRC) survive longer than younger men?which is not seen in older patients?supports the idea that estrogen may play a role in improved outcomes in the disease, according to research published online Sept. 29 in Clinical Cancer Research.

  • Contemporary OB/GYN Newsline

    Prenatal pandemic flu may increase cardiovascular risk



    Prenatal exposure to the notoriously virulent 1918 pandemic flu increased the risk of cardiovascular disease and growth retardation later in life, according to a study published online Oct. 1 in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.

  • Contemporary OB/GYN Newsline

    Intrauterine device linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes



    The risk of adverse obstetric outcomes is elevated in women who conceive while using an intrauterine device (IUD), especially in women who retain the device throughout pregnancy, according to a study in the October issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

  • Ophthalmology Times E-News

    World Sight Day set for Oct. 8



    Three hundred events in more than 50 countries will mark this year's World Sight Day, Oct. 8.

  • Contemporary OB/GYN

    Gynecologic cancer: A unique way to heighten awareness



    The sole mission of a new rock band, NED (no evidence of disease), is to enhance knowledge of gynecologic cancers and raise awareness and money for the fight against women's reproductive cancer.

  • Contemporary OB/GYN

    Patient safety still not top priority for hospitals



    To Err Is Human challenged the medical community to cut in half within five years the "shocking" number of people who die from medical errors. Yet a decade later, the rate of medical error is actually increasing, according to federal analysts.

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