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Sharecare News posted a story about Obstetrics & Gynecology:TUESDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- While the number of women dying from breast cancer is decreasing, mammography screening can't take the credit, according to a new study from England that looked at 40 years of data.
"We find no effect of mammographic screening on population-based breas...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Obstetrics & Gynecology:TUESDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. government has dropped its effort to block a court order that would make the morning-after contraceptive pill available over-the-counter to all women and girls.
After fighting for an age threshold on the nonprescription use of the Plan B One-...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Obstetrics & Gynecology:WEDNESDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- In the latest chapter of the legal wrangle over the non-prescription sale of "morning-after" pills, a New York appeals court on Wednesday ruled that some forms of the emergency contraception could be sold over-the-counter while the issue winds its way through...Full Article
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Kevin Windom, MD answered:How can I prevent vaginal yeast infections?Yeast infections can be prevented once the underlying cause is discovered. If the patient does not... Full Post -
Kevin Windom, MD answered:What causes vaginal yeast infections?The most common cause of a yeast infection is if a patient takes antibiotics (especially penicillin... Full Post -
Sharecare News posted a story about Obstetrics & Gynecology:TUESDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- Most young women with breast cancer choose to undergo a mastectomy, new research shows.
The other option is to have a lumpectomy, a surgical procedure that removes the tumor and some surrounding healthy tissue, but spares most of the breast. Researchers...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Obstetrics & Gynecology:MONDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- In an attempt to better understand the genetics of breast cancer, new research suggests that about 20 percent of black women with the disease have an abnormality on at least one of 18 genes previously linked to breast cancer vulnerabil...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Obstetrics & Gynecology:SUNDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer drug Avastin may extend the lives a bit of women with advanced cervical cancer, a new study says.
Overall, patients given Avastin (bevacizumab) lived four months longer on average than those being treated with standard chemotherapy alone, said...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Obstetrics & Gynecology:SATURDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Women with advanced ovarian cancer stayed in remission almost six months longer when they were treated with the targeted drug pazopanib (Votrient), new German research says.
"Our findings show that we finally have a drug that can maintain control ov...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Obstetrics & Gynecology:THURSDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) -- Women appear to have a natural defense against the world's most common sexually transmitted infection, a new study says.
This natural protective barrier consists mainly of lactic acid bacteria -- called lactobacilli.
The finding appears ...Full Article
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Sharecare News posted a story about Obstetrics & Gynecology:WEDNESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women with thyroid disorders are at greater risk for premature delivery and other pregnancy complications, a new study indicates.
Researchers caution that these complications could have both short-term and long-term health consequences for w...Full Article
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