قد تتمكن النساء المصابات بأورام متعددة في أحد الثديين من تجنب استئصاله إذا أمكن استئصال هذه الأورام مع الاحتفاظ بأنسجة ثدي كافية، وذلك وفقًا لبحث قاده التحالف الطبي للتجارب السريرية في علم الأورام ومركز مايو كلينك الشامل للسرطان.
De acuerdo con la investigación dirigida por la Alianza para Ensayos Clínicos en Oncología y el Centro Oncológico Integral de Mayo Clinic, las pacientes que tengan varios tumores en una sola mama podrían evitar una mastectomía si los tumores se pueden extraer dejando bastante tejido mamario.
The study of immunotherapy for treating triple negative breast cancer might still be at its early stages of development but is full of future promise.
Statement from Suzanne Bell, an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, following the ruling from Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, TX, that suspends the FDA’s approval of mifepristone.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer to affect women worldwide. According to the American Cancer Society, about 1 in 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. While it is not possible to entirely prevent breast cancer, various medical organizations advise regular screening to detect and treat cases at the early stage.
This national-level analysis found substantial adverse maternal outcomes among pregnant patients with COVID-19 infection at delivery during the early pandemic in the U.S. Specifically, the odds of severe respiratory complications were increased among pregnant patients with COVID-19 infection at delivery.
Human embryo development and early organ formation remain largely unexplored due to ethical issues surrounding the use of embryos for research as well as limited availability of materials to study.
A new study from UCLA researchers finds sex-specific brain signals that appear to confirm that different drivers lead men and women to develop obesity.
A group of physicians and scientists with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine are releasing an important study that will be published in the journal Pediatrics on Thursday, showing that COVID-19 can cross into the placenta of pregnant women and cause brain injury in newborns, as evidenced with 2 cases they treated here in Miami. One of the infants also died at about 13 months old. Further testing of the infant’s brain specimen showed that the virus was still present in the brain at the time of death—which was over a year after birth.
Researchers have shown that, in two cases, COVID-19 infection breached the placenta and caused brain damage in the newborn.
A study conducted by the team at the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, provides evidence that certain brain areas involved in processing pain don’t function normally in fibromyalgia patients. In healthy people, they ensure that pain that we can control is easier to bear.
Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, applauds Representative Donny Lambeth (R-Forsyth), Representative Mary Belk (D-Mecklenburg), Representative Donna McDowell White (R-Johnston) and Representative Becky Carney (D-Mecklenburg) for working with Komen to introduce legislation that would remove financial barriers to imaging that can rule out breast cancer or confirm the need for a biopsy. In 2023, more than 10,730 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 1,450 will die of the disease in North Carolina alone.
A University of California, Riverside, study has identified the biological underpinnings of a reproductive disorder caused by the mutation of a gene.
Geographic access to IVF and other fertility services is significantly higher in the richest parts of Britain, a new study shows.
Forty per cent of people diagnosed with HIV in Aotearoa between 2011 and 2020 were diagnosed late, a University of Otago study shows.
Advocates for individuals in need of breast reconstruction surgery delivered a letter and petition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today, urging them to reinstate a procedure code that is essential for access to deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction surgery. The numbers of those signing the letter and petition keep growing.
Exposure to female odours and pheromones causes weight loss and extend the life spans of mice, which may have implications for humans, University of Otago researchers have found.
Pregnant women whose household tap water had higher levels of lithium had a moderately higher risk of their offspring being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.
A roundup of the latest medical discoveries and faculty news happening at Cedars-Sinai in March 2023.
Loyola Medicine will open a new urology clinic at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital on Monday, April 3. The clinic will be located in the Gottlieb Professional Office Building, Suite 414.
It has been a longstanding assumption that birth mode and associated exposure of newborns to their mothers’ vaginal microbiome during delivery greatly affects the development of babies’ gut microbiome.
For patients undergoing breast reduction surgery (reduction mammaplasty), higher body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for delayed wound healing, reports a study in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Antiphospholipid syndrome is a understudied autoimmune disease that is nevertheless a leading causes of deadly blood clots and late-term pregnancy loss. An international study led by the University of Michigan researchers Ray Zuo, M.D., and Jason Knight, M.D., Ph.D., has discovered a new class of functional autoantibodies in APS patients that contributes to the disease's development and the systemic inflammation it induces.
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Recordings of media briefings will be posted by 10 a.m. Eastern Time on each day. Watch recorded media briefings at: www.acs.org/ACSSpring2023briefings.
New, unusual-looking growths or changing spots on your skin are important indicators that it is time to see a dermatologist, says Sofia Chaudhry, M.D., associate professor of dermatology at Saint Louis University’s School of Medicine.
Patients who have multiple tumors in one breast may be able to avoid a mastectomy if the tumors can be removed while leaving enough breast tissue, according to research led by the Alliance in Clinical Trials in Oncology and Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Kristin Rojas, M.D., assistant professor of surgical oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been awarded a three-year, $375,000 grant to investigate the role opioids may play in breast cancer.
From septic shock to sticker shock. Keep up with this ever-growing, changing sector. Below are some of the latest stories on healthcare on Newswise.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have been approved for an $18 million funding award from the nonprofit Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to investigate ways to improve postpartum health among primarily low-income Black and Hispanic women.
Surgeons can play a key role in reducing breast cancer disparities by increasing their awareness of where disparities exist.
The results of two clinical trials, presented today at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2023 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, showcased adding immunotherapy to standard chemotherapy resulted in significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS) among patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer (EC).
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health examined a new treatment approach for endometrial cancer.
Female giant African pouched rats, used for sniffing out landmines and detecting tuberculosis, can undergo astounding reproductive organ transformations, according to a new study.
Out-of-pocket costs for screening mammography have been mostly eliminated for women over 40 years old, but not for any needed follow-up procedures or testing if a screening mammogram is abnormal. A study by the Neiman Health Policy institute published in JAMA Network Open found that higher out-of-pocket costs is associated with lower utilization of subsequent diagnostic imaging.
The breast tumors of Asian, Black and white women have very different cellular, microbial and genomic features that could potentially be used to personalize care or predict disease progression, according to new research by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
After resolving missing data burdens, the ENGOT-OV16/NOVA (NCT01847274) study data shows no difference in overall survival for platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer (PSROC) patients who received PARP inhibitor niraparib maintenance therapy (MT) and those who did not. Results from the trial were presented today at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2023 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer by Ursula Matulonis, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Time-related and financial burdens are detrimental to gynecologic cancer patient and survivor quality of life (QOL), according to two research studies presented yesterday and today at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2023 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer.
Black women and others with curly or kinky hair encounter a confusing array of haircare options. Now, scientists are identifying hair properties that could help users pick the perfect product and achieve consistent results. They will present their results at ACS Spring 2023.
Clinical trial participation was associated with improved overall survival (OS) compared to standard of care therapy among women with platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), according to a research study presented today at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2023 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer.
Administering PARP inhibitor (PARPi) olaparib prior to surgical intervention and chemotherapy in ovarian cancer patients – a new approach – is feasible and resulted in favorable surgical options, managed adverse events, and positive health outcomes, according to results from the Neoadjuvant Olaparib Window (NOW) Trial presented today by Shannon Westin, MD et al. at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2023 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer.
Reproductive health experts from the Mount Sinai Health System are presenting research at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) in Brisbane, Australia from March 21-25.
If companies want to ensure pregnant employees and new moms stay on their payrolls, they’d do well to offer competitive maternity benefits. So suggests new research by Samantha Paustian-Underdahl, the Mary Tilley Bessemer Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Florida State University College of Business.
This case control study found that for female individuals, the loss of abortion rights was associated with a 10% increase in prevalence of mental distress relative to the mean over the three months after the Supreme Court of the U.S. decision.
Ochsner Health Dietitian offers valuable insight on the best prenatal vitamins for 2023
A remoção cirúrgica de ambos os ovários está associada a um risco aumentado de Doença de Parkinson e parkinsonismo em mulheres com menos de 43 anos, conforme relatam os pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic na revista médica JAMA Network Open.
La extirpación quirúrgica de ambos ovarios se asocia con un mayor riesgo de enfermedad de Parkinson y parkinsonismo en mujeres menores de 43 años, informan los investigadores de la Mayo Clinic en JAMA Network Open.
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