Practice Management News

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BALTIMORE — A late-breaking session at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting highlighted FDA updates in breast density reporting that include a lay summarization for patients while ACOG clinical guidance on breast density remains unchanged.

Since 2010, nearly $1 trillion has flooded the U.S. health care system, across multiple specialties, from private equity firms through thousands of deals to acquire hospitals and practices.

BALTIMORE — Repeated use of water-based lubricants did not appear to significantly alter the vaginal microbiome of premenopausal and postmenopausal women for up to 4 weeks after application, researchers reported.

WASHINGTON — Among 30 women with advanced COPD, many reported barriers to care and none received palliative care, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

BALTIMORE — A special late-breaking session at the ACOG Annual Scientific & Clinical meeting featured the most up-to-date information and guidance on availability of the abortion drug mifepristone.

BALTIMORE — In this Healio exclusive, Iffath A. Hoskins, MD, FACOG, immediate past president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, discusses her Presidential Initiative: Minding Mental Health.

BALTIMORE — From 2003 to 2022, findings presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting found a significant increase in competititveness in OB/GYN residency programs.

Among combined hormonal contraceptive users, those with a history of migraine without aura had a significantly increased risk for ischemic stroke compared with those without a history of migraine, data show.

BALTIMORE — A one-time dose of off-label cabergoline after second-trimester abortion or pregnancy loss was effective for preventing symptomatic breast engorgement, according to data presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.