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Males benefit indirectly when girls are immunized against human papillomavirus

HPV Vaccination of Females Has Some Indirect Benefit for Males

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Strongest effect on penile cancer; smallest effect on anal cancer
Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are now much more likely to survive the disease than they were several decades ago

Survival Improving for Women With Ovarian Cancer

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Women diagnosed today 50 percent less likely to die than they were in the 1970s
Good communication is the key to resolving conflicts between the tests and treatment a patient may want based on online searches and those a physician believes are necessary

Guidance Offered to Help Doctors Deal With ‘Dr. Google’

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Communication is key to resolving conflicts when patients have requests based on online searching
A new Health Care Index shows increases in consumer costs

New Health Care Index Reports Increases in Consumer Costs

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Increase in coverage by public insurance plans, but increasing number of consumers have deductibles
Among high-risk women undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening

MRI Findings May Help Predict Development of Breast Cancer

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Finding suggests scans may have value beyond detection
Obese patients taking warfarin have a higher risk of experiencing a bleeding event compared to their normal-weight counterparts

Higher Bleeding Risk for Obese Patients on Warfarin

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But exact reason why isn't known, researchers say
The traits of a financially prepared female physician include having a retirement portfolio that is on track or ahead of schedule for age and career stage

AMA: Six Traits of Financially Prepared Female Physicians

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Traits include having retirement portfolio on track or ahead of schedule, having emergency fund
Certain treatments may increase a childhood cancer survivor's risk of obesity later in life

Some Childhood Cancer Survivors at Higher Risk of Later Obesity

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Certain treatments linked to later weight gain
For patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Full Adherence to Follow-Up Improves Head/Neck CA Survival

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Survival more likely with compliance with posttreatment surveillance, tobacco cessation
Statins may slow the progression of prostate cancer in patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy

Prostate CA Patients on Hormone Tx May Benefit From Statin

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But more trials are needed to confirm benefits, researchers say