Women's Health
Feature
Increased IUD use suggests ‘Trump effect’
Debate over repeal and replacement of the ACA has women concerned about loss of coverage.
Opinion
Surveillance
Dr. William G. Wilkoff talks about teen recklessness.
News
STD testing in youth hindered by confidentiality concerns
Young adults can stay on their parents’ health plans until age 26, but some are foregoing sexual health screening out of fear that their parents...
From the Journals
Universal preterm birth screening not ready for prime time
Two screens to predict spontaneous preterm birth in low-risk women, which were rapidly adapted into clinical practice, proved to have little...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Sexuality, fertility are focus of cancer education website
MIAMI BEACH – Cancer patients may be reticent to discuss issues of sexuality and fertility related to their disease. At the same time, their...
Conference Coverage
U.S. chikungunya epidemic would likely put rheumatologists on front line
SNOWMASS, COLO. – The continental United States is vulnerable to an epidemic of chikungunya virus disease, an event which would have profound...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Residual cancer burden may be better outcome measure than pCR
MIAMI BEACH – The Food and Drug Administration has accepted pathological complete response rate (pCR) as a surrogate endpoint for disease-free and...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: It’s too early to give up on immunotherapy for breast cancer
MIAMI BEACH – Breast cancer is less immunogenic that melanoma, bladder cancer, lung cancer, and other malignancies that have responded well to...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Multiple PARP inhibitors show promise in breast cancer treatment
MIAMI BEACH – Driven by efficacy demonstrated in ovarian cancer, a number of PARP inhibitors are in development and hold promise for treatment of...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: What’s new with HER2-neu inhibition
MIAMI BEACH – For women with HER2-positive disease, neoadjuvant therapy with trastuzumab (Herceptin) was and is a game changer, improving...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Vaccines, combination therapy hold most promise for optimizing immunotherapy in breast cancer
MIAMI BEACH – Although typically not as immunogenic as melanoma or lung cancer, breast cancer can respond to immunotherapy.