Practice Management News

Up to 8 months before diagnosis, women with ovarian cancer purchased more over-the-counter pain and indigestion medications vs. women without ovarian cancer, according to findings of an observational case-control study.

In the United States, there were more than 600 excess deaths among physicians from March 2020 to December 2021, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Cost savings and a smaller environmental footprint may be achieved by hospitals and health care systems that implement key OR quality improvement strategies, according to a review of quality improvement initiatives and interventions.

In this video exclusive, Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, talks with Zaraq Khan, MBBS, MS, FACOG, about fertility preservation options for transgender patients.

There has been a lot of attention about a proposed rule from the Federal Trade Commission that would prohibit many noncompetes. However, much of the discussion has been misleading, if not entirely wrong.

Presence of certain bacteria in the microbiome may indicate early-stage ovarian cancer, according to data published in Scientific Reports.

Women in China may be at greater risk for stroke events following menopause, according to a study published in Neurology.

Self-reported gender of surgeons was not associated with risk for maternal morbidity or postpartum hemorrhage after cesarean section, according to findings published in JAMA Surgery.

As we are in early 2023, we plan to use this column to provide a high-level update on new developments in tax and asset protection planning, and hope these updates prompt some physicians to look into these areas early in the year.

The number of reproductive-aged women and girls using modern contraception in low- and lower-middle income countries increased by 87 million since 2012, according to the most recent data from the UN Foundation’s Family Planning 2030.