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Should you prescribe bioidentical hormones for menopause?
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- Karen Blum
“They’re being hyped as safer and more effective when in reality, we don’t have any studies that show that information.”
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Female sexual pleasure: Is it in the water?
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Most women agreed that using the lubricants made sex more enjoyable and provided an overall pleasant experience.
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Maternal health clinic teams with legal services to aid patients
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Health-harming legal needs are drivers of poor health outcomes, particularly for Black women and children.
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Scheduled bleeding may boost tolerability of hormone implants
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Rates of early discontinuation have been variable, according to published literature, ranging from 13% to 21.1%, said Dr. Jordan Gray.
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Unacceptable pain despite inflammation control commonly occurs in PsA patients
- Author:
- Karen Blum
MADRID – The percentage with unacceptable pain despite inflammation control was twice as high for nonresponders versus responders to anti-TNF...
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Hospital medicine grows globally
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Hospital medicine is growing in popularity in some foreign countries, speakers said during Monday afternoon’s session, “International Hospital...
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Rock Steady Boxing could prove beneficial for Parkinson’s patients
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Pilot study takes a look at how Rock Steady Boxing could be therapeutic for Parkinson’s disease patients....
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Bisphosphonate holiday may help to reduce atypical femur fracture risk
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Higher pretreatment bone mineral density appears to increase AFF risk as well.
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New secondary fracture–prevention recommendations carry simple messages
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Taking interventional action and communication between patients as well as other providers are integral elements of the recommendations.
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Secondary fractures in older men spike soon after first, but exercise may help
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Older men are at high risk of subsequent fractures in first several years, but moderate physical activity could...
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Update on AGA-Medtronic Research and Development Pilot Award in Technology
- Author:
- Karen Blum
BOSTON – IBS and SIBO result from several distinct pathophysiologic mechanisms, each of which are associated with their own distinct microbial and...
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New consensus on inpatient opioid use
- Author:
- Karen Blum
This session will focus on new recommendations to improve opioid prescribing for acute, noncancer pain in hospitalized adults.
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Update on AGA-Medtronic Research & Development Pilot Award in Technology
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Award-winning researcher seeks to understand underlying etiology of patients with IBS and SIBO.
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Innovation as a key to patient outcomes
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Attendees will get a “comprehensive, almost immersive experience to understand what’s hot in gastroenterology and innovation in 2018.”
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Sprifermin shows cartilage-building potential in knee OA patients
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Interim results indicate that sprifermin could be the first investigational medicinal product to show a dose-dependent increase in cartilage...