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Novel blood test picks up ovarian cancer at all stages of disease, including early stage, opening the door to much earlier detection and optimally increasing survival odds.
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At the world’s largest breast cancer meeting, studies on treatment duration, optimal sequencing, and novel neoadjuvant strategies are all on the agenda.
Medscape Medical News

Infants delivered by elective cesarean section were twice as likely to be at risk of or be overweight compared with those delivered vaginally. There was no such risk for those born by emergency cesarean section.
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People who work nights and have an unhealthy lifestyle could be at a particularly increased risk of type 2 diabetes, warn US scientists who found the two factors had an additive effect in nurses.
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The lack of significant differences in blood pressure or adverse outcomes when NSAIDs are given after delivery challenges current ACOG guidelines, could reduce opioid use.
Medscape Medical News

Doctors unite in mourning on Twitter and vent at the NRA, using #ThisIsOurLane.
Medscape Medical News

Patients with diabetes achieve similar intermediate disease outcomes regardless of whether their primary care provider is a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, according to the findings of a large VA study.
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The surprising results of two new studies prompt a warning from Dr Maurie Markman that minimally invasive radical hysterectomy should not be considered standard of care for early cervical cancer.
Medscape Oncology

A single-visit cervical cancer screening strategy, trialed in a low-income setting in China, maximizes detection rates and minimizes loss to follow-up at a very low cost of $6 per test.
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Dr Peter Kovacs comments on a review that offers insights into the indications and mechanism of action of ulipristal acetate.
Medscape Ob/Gyn

Study finds that people consuming a lower-carbohydrate diet following weight loss have greater energy expenditure compared with a higher-carb diet, but methodology called into question.
Medscape Medical News

The largest prospective randomized trial of vitamin D and omega-3 supplementation provides much-needed information.
Medscape Ob/Gyn

The decline in office visits to primary care physicians from 2012 to 2016 was partially offset by increases in visits to nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Medscape Medical News

An oncologist who is a mother was recently bounced from presenting her poster at a major meeting because she brought her baby to the session. Is that okay?
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The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends primary care-based screening and counseling of adults, but cites insufficient evidence to recommend interventions for adolescents.
Medscape Medical News

Kits to self-test for human papillomavirus (HPV) mailed to underserved women helped to identify virtually all of those with high-risk HPV oncogenic types, in a proof-of-principle study.
Medscape Medical News

Age, experience predict physicians' comfort with transgender patients; clinicians and office staff should learn sensitive ways of communicating with this population, expert says.
Medscape Medical News

Simple ovarian cysts discovered on ultrasound are not associated with an increased risk for ovarian cancer and do not need further follow-up imaging, say researchers.
Medscape Medical News

Clinicians tweet their disgust at a National Rifle Association (NRA) report and tweet that attacked an ACP article aimed at reducing gun violence.
Medscape Medical News

A systematic review discusses the efficacy of this approach to controlling endometriosis-related pain.
Medscape Ob/Gyn