OBGYN & Women’s Health
Physician's Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Oct. 12 to 16, 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sources that is most likely to affect clinical practice. Reinfection With SARS-CoV-2 Described...
Physician's Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Oct. 12 to 16, 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sources that is most likely to affect clinical practice. Reinfection With SARS-CoV-2 Described...
Addition of Radiotherapy for DCIS Cuts Risk for Subsequent Cancer
FRIDAY, Oct. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the risk for developing subsequent ipsilateral in situ (iDCIS) and invasive breast cancer (iBC) is lower for those receiving breast-conserving surgery (BCS) and radiotherapy than for those receiving surgery alone, according to a study presented at the annual European Breast...
Outcomes Worse for Women With MI at 50 Years or Younger
FRIDAY, Oct. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Women who experience their first myocardial infarction (MI) at ≤50 years of age are less likely than men to undergo coronary revascularization or be treated with guideline-directed medical therapies, according to a study published online Oct. 13 in the European Heart Journal. Ersilia M. DeFilippis, M.D., from Harvard...
CAC Helps ID CVD Risk in Women Receiving RT for Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For women with breast cancer, coronary artery calcium (CAC) detected on radiotherapy (RT)-planning computed tomography (CT) scan is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, according to a study presented at the annual European Breast Cancer Conference, held virtually from Oct. 2 to 3. Roxanne Gal, from the University...
No Evidence Found of Vertical Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In a series of 101 newborns of mothers with perinatal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), there was no clinical evidence of vertical transmission, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in JAMA Pediatrics. Dani Dumitriu, M.D., Ph.D., from Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New...
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