Ob/Gyn and Women's Health News

• HDL Mimetic Restores Kidney Function, Vision in Rare Disorder The HDL mimetic CER-001 may arrest the decline in kidney function and improve the vision of patients with familial lecithin–cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency, suggests a French case report.
  Medscape Medical News, March 04, 2021
• Senate Committee Splits in Party-Line Vote on HHS Nominee Becerra It is not clear whether Becerra can muster enough votes to win full Senate confirmation.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• Patients With Cancer: Imaging Concerns Can't Delay COVID Vaccine Patients with cancer shouldn't delay COVID-19 vaccination despite the potential for clinically evident adenopathy on imaging done after vaccination, according to scientific experts.
  Reuters Health Information, March 02, 2021
• SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies May Protect From Infection, but How Long? SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were associated with protection from infection in a laboratory database study, but the duration of protection is unknown, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, March 02, 2021
• 2021 NRMP Specialty Match Sees Record Numbers Bolstered in part by a flood of osteopathic docs, the Specialties Matching Service of the National Resident Matching Program reported record numbers this year.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• About Half of French Care Home Workers Don't Trust COVID Vaccine Around half of health workers in French care homes do not want to be vaccinated, according to the group of experts guiding the state's vaccine rollout.
  Reuters Health Information, March 02, 2021
• No Flu Season Will Affect Next Year's Vaccine Prep Low influenza case numbers are 'strikingly different' this year and will change the trajectory of next year's flu season and vaccine planning.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• In the UK, 'Chemobus' Units Bring Cancer Treatment Close to Home If Formula 1 racing teams could take high-tech motorhomes around the world for their drivers, why couldn't a cancer center take a similar rig into the countryside to treat patients near their homes?
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• CDC Panel Sounds Alarm on Variants, Even as Vaccine Supply Rises CDC's ACIP panel underscores challenges of managing a limited supply of COVID-19 shots amid rising concern about viral variants.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• Biden Vows Enough COVID-19 Vaccine for Every Adult by End of May President Biden announced the accelerated schedule after a new deal with Merck will help Johnson & Johnson ramp up production of their recently approved vaccine.
  WebMD Health News, March 02, 2021
• Fathers Grieve Lost Child With Stoicism, Self-isolation, Work Fathers who are grieving the loss of a young child may not discuss their feelings with others, instead coping with stoicism and self-isolation or by throwing themselves into work.
  Reuters Health Information, March 01, 2021
• Vitamin Sales Skyrocket in the Pandemic, but Buyer Beware The supplement market, valued at $48 billion in 2019, is projected to grow to $58 billion this year, but misleading claims take advantage of people trying new methods to improve health in a crisis.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• ACOG Advises on Care for Transgender Patients The committee opinion provides guidance for ob-gyns. on topics including inclusivity, routine screening, fertility and reproductive issues, hormone therapy, medication use, and surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• AAN 2021 Migraineurs Not Taking Advantage of an 'Effective Prophylactic' Getting the recommended amount of exercise can help reduce migraine days and mi-graine triggers such as stress, depression, and sleep problems, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• Heavier Girls Hit Hormonal Puberty Earlier, Develop Breasts Later More recent studies suggest that "girls with greater childhood adiposity have earlier thelarche and progress through puberty at a faster rate than normal weight girls."
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• Nursing Home Residents at Risk for Overtreatment of Diabetes Many nursing home residents with diabetes may be treated to intensive glycemic targets even though such aggressive management may have limited benefit, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, March 01, 2021
• New Trials on T3/T4 Combination for Hypothyroidism 'Justified' A joint conference concludes that new clinical trials are needed to consider evolving evidence in the ongoing debate over combination T3/T4 therapy for hypothyroidism.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• Time's Up Founder Choo Accused in Harassment Mishandling A $45 million federal lawsuit alleges Choo and several other leaders at OHSU didn't formally report sexual harassment complaints against the 'Tik Tok Doc' Jason Campbell, MD.
  Medscape Medical News, March 01, 2021
• Big Gap Between Physician Payments for Offices vs Hospitals: Study Research also shows some correlation between the Medicare payment differential and hospital acquisitions of practices, but many other factors are involved.
  Medscape Medical News, March 01, 2021
• Option B+ Antiviral Regimen Helps Mothers Achieve HIV Suppression Antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiated during pregnancy and continued postpartum to help prevent maternal-child transmission of HIV may also help mothers sustain long-term viral suppression.
  Reuters Health Information, February 26, 2021