Ob/Gyn and Women's Health News

In Sickness and in Health: Spouses Can Share Cardiac Event Risk A married person's CV history may predict future cardiac events in the spouse, possibly because the two tend to share lifestyle risk factors. But the effect wasn't seen for both men and women.
Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2021
Vaccine Breakthrough Cases Rising With Delta: Here's What That Means Even though a small percentage of vaccinated people may still be infected with the coronavirus, experts say it's not unexpected and cases are generally mild.
Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2021
Mississippi Asks US Supreme Court to Overturn Abortion Rights Landmark The state of Mississippi on Thursday urged the US Supreme Court in a major case set to be argued in its next term to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling that recognized that women have a constitutional right to obtain an abortion.
Reuters Health Information, July 22, 2021
She's Not Just an Olympian. She's a Mom More than a dozen elite athletes representing Team USA at the Tokyo Games have another distinction: They're moms.
WebMD Health News, July 23, 2021
How Intranasal COVID Vaccines Could Be 'Holy Grail' of Vaccination Experts evaluate some advantages and caveats regarding seven intranasal COVID-19 vaccines in development.
Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2021
CDC Panel Updates Info on Rare Side Effect After J&J Vaccine The ACIP discussed slightly higher rates of the rare side effect of Guillain-Barré syndrome after the J&J vaccine, and presented reaffirming evidence of the vaccine's effectiveness against variants.
Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2021
COVID-19 Cases in US Triple Over 2 Weeks Amid Misinformation Nationwide, the 7-day rolling average for daily new cases rose over the past 2 weeks to more than 37,000 on July 20, up from less than 13,700 on July 6, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Associated Press, July 22, 2021
FM Diversity Has Increased, but More Physicians of Color Needed Family medicine has evolved in many ways since its inception in 1969, especially in terms of the people who are practicing it, but it still needs more diversity to represent the faces of patients.
Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2021
Hematologic Cancer Increases Risk for Delivery Complications The risk of in-hospital complications and poor birth outcomes were greater in pregnant women with current or historical cancer diagnoses, new research suggests.
Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2021
AHA Joins Movement to Require Vax in Healthcare Facilities The association supports vaccine mandates by hospitals and healthcare systems; many already require healthcare workers to get COVID-19 shots.
Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2021
Delta Variant Among the Most Infectious Viruses, CDC Says Areas with low vaccination coverage continue to have the highest case numbers, CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walensky reported, with unvaccinated people accounting for 97% of hospitalizations and deaths.
WebMD Health News, July 22, 2021
Biden: Children Could Get COVID-19 Vaccine Within Months Pfizer and Moderna are conducting vaccine clinical trials for children ages 6 months to 12 years. Results are expected sometime this fall.
WebMD Health News, July 22, 2021
CDC Revamps STI Treatment Guidelines The updates replace recommendations from 2015 and include treatment updates for gonorrhea and chlamydia and expanded syphilis screening for some pregnant women.
Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2021
Alert FDA Fully Approves Combination for Advanced Endometrial Cancer Pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib for the treatment of patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma is now fully approved.
FDA Approvals, July 22, 2021
Contact With Child Protective Services Common Among US Kids More than half of Black children in the most populous counties have contact with Child Protective Services, and up to 1 in 5 are at risk for foster care placement, new data show.
Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2021
Pfizer, AZ Vaccines Effective Against Delta After 2 Doses The differences in effectiveness against the Alpha vs Delta variants were modest when both doses of each vaccine were completed, but markedly different after only one dose.
Medscape Medical News, July 21, 2021
In a Race Against an Ever-Changing Virus, Are We Losing Ground? The virus behind COVID-19 is evolving fast enough that vaccination efforts may not be able to wipe it out.
Medscape Medical News, July 21, 2021
Necessary or Not, COVID Booster Shots Are Probably on the Horizon Should the nearly 60% of adult Americans who have been fully vaccinated seek out a booster or not? Ultimately, the question of whether a booster is needed is unlikely to determine the FDA's decision.
Kaiser Health News, July 21, 2021
Transvaginal US May Miss Black Women Who Should Be Tested for Endometrial Cancer Endometrial thickness as measured by transvaginal ultrasound is an unreliable indicator of a Black woman's need for a biopsy, researchers say.
Reuters Health Information, July 20, 2021
'Gold Standard' Study Confirms COVID mRNA Vaccines Prevent Infection The national study included more than 54,000 patients in the VA system, particularly important because that population has a large percentage of older patients with substantial comorbidities.
Medscape Medical News, July 21, 2021

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