Most Women Feel Distress With False-Positive Mammogram
Majority had issues such as anxiety, sleeplessness, often persisting long after being declared cancer-free
Too Few Blacks, Hispanics Pursuing Careers As Physicians
Shortage of minority physicians may affect U.S. patient care, experts say
Women in Academic Medicine ‘Manage Femininity’ to Succeed
Strategies for this include appearing easy-going or downplaying differences based on gender
Acupuncture Beats Pills for Hot Flashes in Breast CA Survivors
Even 'sham' acupuncture beat one frequently used medication
Healthier Diet Linked to Reduced Congenital Heart Defects
Tied to reduced risks of tetralogy of Fallot and atrial septal defects
Nonselective Beta-Blocker Use Ups Survival in Ovarian Cancers
Longer median overall survival for patients receiving any beta-blocker versus nonusers
Ureteric Injury Risk With Hysterectomy Up 2001 to 2010
Risk varies by type of hysterectomy for benign and malignant conditions; lower for benign conditions
Supportive Doctors Boost Patients’ Weight-Loss Efforts
Researcher suggests including physicians in commercial programs
Perfluorinated Alkylate Levels Up in Breastfed Infants
And PFASs appear to lower effectiveness of some childhood vaccinations, researchers add
Equally Safe Delivery for Low Risk by Family Doctors, Ob-Gyns
But outcomes for high-risk are best at higher-volume, more specialized hospitals
