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OBGYN and Women's Health

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For women with overactive bladder

Meds Offer Slight Symptom Relief in Overactive Bladder

Small reductions in urge incontinence episodes, voids per day with daily dose of medications
Washington

Washington D.C. Nabs Highest American Fitness Index Ranking

Followed by Minneapolis-St. Paul and San Diego as places that encourage exercise
Menopausal hormone therapy may raise the risk for lower gastrointestinal bleeding

DDW: Menopausal Hormone Tx Linked to Risk of Lower GI Bleeds

No difference in incidence of upper GI bleeding in MHT users, non-users
Botulinum toxin A injections may be a useful treatment for urinary incontinence

AUA: Botox Injections May Reduce Urinary Incontinence

Relief for majority -- but not all -- of patients who got injections for urinary incontinence
For physicians who want to transition to private practice

Tips Provided for Doctors Who Want to Move to Private Practice

Physicians should prepare carefully; consider finances, legal issues, and insurance
Health care justice should be invoked as the basis for advocacy for needed change to eliminate the mandatory waiting period for elective tubal sterilization

Health Care Justice Could Help End Wait for Tubal Sterilization

Implications of health care justice could impact mandatory waiting period for elective sterilization
For breast cancer survivors

Weight Lifting Beneficial for Breast Cancer Survivors

Slowly progressive weight lifting can reduce incidence of physical function deterioration
For young women with iron deficiency anemia

Iron Deficiency Seems to Affect Many Metabolic Pathways

Treatment of iron deficiency anemia linked to improvements in vitamin B12, folate, lipids
Many probiotic products contain traces of gluten and could cause problems for patients with celiac disease

DDW: Many Probiotics Testing Positive for Trace Gluten

Tests of 22 top-selling probiotics revealed that 12 had detectable gluten
Health care costs are similar for patients with binge eating disorder (BED) and those with eating disorder not otherwise specified without BED

Binge Eating Disorder Creates Significant Health Care Burden

Costs are significantly higher for BED patients than for matched patients without eating disorder