Women's Health
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Gestational Diabetes Linked to Sleep Apnea
Major finding: Women with gestational diabetes are nearly seven times more likely to have sleep apnea and sleep an hour less than other pregnant...
Clinical Review
Advise lifestyle change to obese but metabolically healthy women
Major finding: Women with metabolic disorders had a fourfold increase in cardiovascular disease risk, regardless of their body mass index.Data...
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M. genitalium demands new STI treatment strategy
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Breast Cancer Chemoprevention Recommendations: We’re in This Together
Major finding: Asymptomatic women without a prior diagnosis of breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, or lobular carcinoma in situ who are at...
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Most Women Misestimate Their Breast Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Overall, 44.7% of women underestimated their risk and 45.9% overestimated their risk, while just 9.4% gave an accurate estimate....
CE/CME
HPV Infection and Cervical Cancer Prevention
Although accreditation for this CE/CME activity has expired, and the posttest is no longer available, you can still read the full article. Expires...
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Metronidazole needed for complete pelvic inflammatory disease coverage
Major finding: Of women with PID, 12% have Prevotella species resistant to doxycycline and ceftriaxone, but not metronidazole.Data Source:...
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Estrogen-related VTE shows low recurrence rate
Major finding: Women whose otherwise unprovoked venous thromboembolism occurred while they were on estrogen had 60% fewer recurrences than did...
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Yeast infection four times as likely with penicillin use
Major finding: Yeast vaginitis was most likely in women who used a penicillin (aHR, 4.1), followed by cephalosporins (aHR, 3.3) and metronidazole...