ע”פ דיווח מעתון הארץ, נחשדת מעורבות של גינקולוג בטיפול הפרייה באישה חולת סרטן הרחם, אשר כתוצאה מהטיפול, נראה שחלה התפשטות של הגידול. האישה נפטרה לאחר
Diagnosis of breast cancer was delayed in 9% of patients in a recent study because physicians wrongly ascribed a benign status to a palpable mass,
Routine use of prophylactic ephedrine does not appear to be warranted to prevent adverse effects of maternal hypotension following spinal anesthesia for Cesarean delivery. An
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 20 – Communication between physicians and patients is an important factor in determining whether or not older women with breast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 21 – The maternal risk of developing persistent gestational trophoblastic disease (pGTD), a malignant condition, appears to be unaffected if
June 24, 2002 Black cohosh was effective in controlling menopausal symptoms, according to a presentation on June 21 at Endo 2002, the 84th annual
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — June 21, 2002 — A team of European researchers have discovered that adolescent girls who were born small for gestational age
Women with a rare twin-pregnancy of one healthy fetus and one hydatidiform mole are at no more increased risk of malignant disease than women with
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Health) Jun 20 – Physicians may need to accelerate basal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) screening for women in their childbearing years, Dr. Wolfgang
Anastrozole appears to be an effective and well tolerated endocrine option for the treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive early breast cancer. Based on results
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 14 – Pregnancy prevention programs do not appear to be effective in changing adolescent sexual behavior, according to two new
06/17/2002By Mark Pownall Women with risk factors for gestational diabetes are about six times more likely to have the condition compared to low-risk women, according
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 17 – Phytoestrogens are for the most part “rather weak” as active estrogens, researchers reported in Berlin on Friday at
The June 15th issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology features a phase III clinical study about the use of Roche’s Xeloda® (capecitabine), an oral
By Elda Hauschildt Most teen-age girls who are being screened for sexually transmitted diseases prefer that doctors use first-void urine testing (FVU). Self-collected vaginal swab
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Researchers based at Emory University in Atlanta report that pregnant adolescents are more likely than women at least 20 years
06/13/2002 By Harvey McConnell There is no evidence that women who have a severely stressful life experience in the year before being diagnosed with breast
By Martha Kerr NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 11 – The results of an animal study suggest that low levels of vitamin C adversely affect
Novogyne Pharmaceuticals’ CombiPatch (estrogen/progestin) transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may improve libido in older women who experience a lack of sex drive because of declining
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 06 – HIV isolates from seven women in Kenya obtained soon after seroconversion all required the CCR5 coreceptor, and none