Preventive Care
Daily News Podcast
Blood pressure meds cut cognitive impairment risk
And HIV infection may double patients’ stroke rate.
Daily News Podcast
Is fish oil’s heart benefit a fish tale?
And how pregnancy and childbirth affect dementia risk.
From the Journals
ACA coverage mandate leads to more insurance for young women, early gynecologic cancer diagnoses
“These insurance gains have huge impacts on people’s lives,” Dr. Smith stated.
From the Journals
For smokers, the ends may not justify the ENDS
Smokers who used electronic nicotine delivery systems were more likely to try to quit but less likely to succeed.
News
Machine learning software boosts colonoscopists’ adenoma detection rates
Using more than 8,600 colonoscopy images researchers developed a software tool to aid colonoscopists in identifying adenomatous polyps.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Keeping patients summer safe
It’s time to start counseling on sunscreen, waterborne illness, and mosquito avoidance.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Do HPV vaccines really cut cancer risk?
And Zika's had a costly effect on blood donor screening.
From the Journals
Cochrane report: HPV vaccine proves its worth in adolescent, young adult women
Data support value of prophylactic vaccination to prevent cervical cancer in adolescent and young adult women.
Conference Coverage
Universal BRCA testing worthwhile for relatives of high-grade serous ovarian cancer patients
AUSTIN, TEX. – BRCA testing could add more than a decade of life to women at risk for ovarian cancer.
Conference Coverage
Key to MGUS and myeloma may lie in Iceland
An Icelandic study could show whether screening an asymptomatic general population for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance is...
Conference Coverage
Time to scrap LMWH for prevention of placenta-mediated pregnancy complications?
SAN DIEGO – “It’s time to put the needles away for pregnant patients,” said Dr. Marc Rodger.