Ob/Gyn and Women's Health News

• New York AG Sues Anti-Abortion Group That Trespasses Clinics New York Attorney General Letitia James sued an anti-abortion group dedicated to entering abortion clinics and trying to stop abortions, saying a court order was needed to stop further actions.
  Reuters Health Information, June 08, 2023
• Doctors in France Facing Rising Tide of Verbal Abuse Although physical abuse and vandalism are in decline, verbal abuse of doctors has increased.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2023
• German Government Discusses Noninvasive Prenatal Testing Lawmakers propose an interdisciplinary panel of experts to review the legal, ethical, and health policy bases for the health insurance companies' authorization of this testing.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2023
• What Are the Health Risks From Wildfire Smoke? The northeastern United States is blanketed under a pungent haze caused by smoke carried down from wildfires burning in Canada that contains a host of noxious gases and particulate matter.
  Reuters Health Information, June 07, 2023
• Is ChatGPT a Friend or Foe of Medical Publishing? The popular AI chatbot has prompted journal editors to write new policies to address a wave of manuscripts that use ChatGPT and other tools like it.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2023
• ASCO 2023 First or Second-Line CDK4/6 Inhibition in Breast Cancer? Patients with advanced ER+/HER2– breast cancer receiving first line CDK4/6 inhibitor therapy experienced no progression-free survival or overall survival advantages compared to second line therapy.
  MDedge News, June 08, 2023
• Sequencing Strategy in Ovarian Cancer Helps Guide Treatment A targeted genetic sequencing strategy effectively identified homologous recombination DNA repair deficiency in ovarian cancer patients, and may eventually help predict treatment response.
  MDedge News, June 08, 2023
• Burnout Threatens Primary Care Workforce Health systems across the country are trying to boost morale and keep clinicians from quitting or retiring early, but the stakes are higher than workforce shortages.
  KFF Health News, June 08, 2023
• ASCO 2023 PMBCL: Postremission, Patients May Safely Skip Radiation Radiation therapy may be safely omitted for patients with primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) who achieved a complete metabolic response after immunochemotherapy.
  MDedge News, June 08, 2023
• Semaglutide Bests Liraglutide for Post-Surgery Weight Regain Once-weekly semaglutide produced over twice the weight loss as did daily liraglutide for people who regained weight after metabolic/bariatric surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2023
• GSK's Cancer Drug Jemperli Gets File Acceptance From US FDA GSK said on Tuesday that the FDA had granted file acceptance for its cancer drug, Jemperli, when combined with chemotherapy to treat adult patients with certain types of endometrial cancer.
  Reuters Health Information, June 06, 2023
• Guide Explains Nonsurgical Management of Major Hemorrhage The new document is intended to help urban and rural hospitals understand when and how to implement a massive hemorrhage protocol.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2023
• ASCO 2023 Huge Underuse of Germline Testing for Cancer Patients Rates of germline genetic testing for patients newly diagnosed with common cancers are far below recommended levels, prompting calls for innovative solutions.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2023
• Nitroglycerin Patches Do Not Improve Menopause Symptoms A promising nonhormonal therapy failed to improve the frequency and severity of hot flashes in a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2023
• ASCO 2023 T-DXd Active in Many Solid Tumors; 'Shift in Thinking' The antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab-deruxtecan was associated with high objective response rates among patients with a range of HER2-expressing solid tumors.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2023
• Novel Suicide Assessment Tool Promising in the ED Setting A constellation of symptoms reflected in a new assessment tool may flag patients at immediate risk for suicide.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2023
• ASCO 2023 Chemo Avoidance Pays Off for Some Women With HER2+ Early BC In the PHERGAIN trial, nearly all patients who were diverted from chemotherapy prior to surgery for HER2-positive early breast cancer survived without cancer recurrence for 3 years.
  MDedge News, June 05, 2023
• ASCO 2023 Meta-Analysis Supports Ovarian Suppression in Breast Cancer A new meta-analysis of 25 studies provides more evidence linking ovarian suppression/ablation in premenopausal women with breast cancer to less recurrence and longer survival.
  MDedge News, June 05, 2023
• ACOG 2023 Prenatal Sleep Problems, Depression Linked to Poorer Outcomes "I think the national conversation around mental health in general will hopefully carry us forward to better supporting the patients who are coming in with preexisting conditions."
  MDedge News, June 05, 2023
• ASCO 2023 Surgical De-escalation in Low-Risk Cervical Cancer A simple hysterectomy, rather than a radical hysterectomy, can now be considered the new standard of care for patients with low-risk early-stage cervical cancer, say researchers reporting the SHAPE trial.
  MDedge News, June 04, 2023