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As a urogynecologist I care exclusively for women with pelvic floor problems. These are the women with leaking bladders and weak supporting tissues allowing the vaginal walls to bulge outside.

An online decision aid is helpful for breast cancer patients deciding about immediate breast reconstruction (BR) after mastectomy, according to a study published in the October issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.Jacqueline A. ter Stege, from the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, and colleagues evaluated the effi

Dronabinol is safe and effective for the treatment of Alzheimer disease with agitation (Agit-AD), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the International Psychogeriatric Association, held from Sept. 25 to 27 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Paul Rosenberg, M.D., from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and col

A lawsuit has accused top academic publishers of stalling progress in medical research by enforcing restrictive peer-review practices.

Researchers reviewed the effects of traditional and newer cancer therapies on fertility at the recent congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology.

Based on data from Southern Hemisphere countries, a low proportion of patients with influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) were vaccinated against influenza, according to research published in the Oct. 3 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Erica E. Zeno,

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center...

By the time patients express surprise at the pain they experience during in-office gynecological procedures, we're too late to the pain management conversation. Exclamations of, "Whoa, this is uncomfortable," and the struggle...

Real-world outcomes of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treated with the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel, Carvykti) showed "favorable" efficacy results, even...