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Stress incontinence surgery improves sexual dysfunction
TUCSON, ARIZ. – A secondary analysis of two clinical trials found similar levels of improvement regardless of the...
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Older women have good functional recovery after POP surgery
TUCSON, ARIZ. – Most women aged over 65 years return to or improve upon baseline functional levels after POP surgery.
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Pembrolizumab benefits some patients with advanced cervical cancer
The checkpoint inhibitor was especially effective in patients with PD-L1-positive tumors.
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ACP: Average-risk women under 50 can postpone mammogram
Reducing breast cancer overdiagnosis and overtreatment was a goal of the ACP guideline’s authors.
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MedPAC to begin work on Part D redesign
WASHINGTON – Commission members gravitated toward a policy option that would restructure the catastrophic benefit under the Medicare Part D...
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Q&A on LGBT Youth: Affirmation in your practice
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PrEP adherence lowest among Medicaid patients, others
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Alternative regimen reduces narcotic use after pelvic reconstructive surgery
TUCSON, ARIZ. – Round-the-clock ice, Toradol, and Tylenol led to a significant reduction in narcotic use both in-...
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ONC’s Dr. Rucker: Era of provider-controlled data is over
WASHINGTON – Interoperability going forward means putting the power in the hands of the patients, according to the government’s top health data...
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STIs pose complex challenge to HIV efforts
SEATTLE – ...
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Malpractice: More lawsuits does not equal more relocations
Physicians who have been sued multiple times are no more likely to relocate geographically than doctors who have never faced a claim, a new...