We spoke with Dr. MedLaw to discuss the recent 7:2 decision that the Supreme Court issued in its third holding on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). What was the history of this case? In 2017, the individual mandate penalty was re-...
Read MoreDuring a recent PW Podcast, Rachel Giles, MD, from Medicom Medical Publishers, spoke with Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)...
Read MoreA survey by The Harris Poll shows that since the pandemic, nearly three in 10 Americans have initiated or increased their use of supplements, bringing the percentage of daily supplement users to more than 75% of adults. The poll...
Read MoreWith the use of video on the rise in court cases, attor- neys are also more sophisticated about tapping into its influence. But the legal standards regarding rules of evidence about a video’s credibility and authenticity are...
Read MoreFor patients with gynecologic cancers, unmet social needs are associated with distress and treatment interruption, according to a study published in Cancer. Researchers conducted a prospective, survey-based cohort study of...
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“According to current estimates, approximately 9% of patients with uterine cancer have metastatic...
Read MoreAccording to a March 2021 release by InstaMed, “Trends in Healthcare Payments Eleventh Annual Report: 2020,” payer trends in healthcare payments have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years....
Read MoreAdherence to current clinical guidelines for the evaluation of postmenopausal bleeding may result in systematic underdiagnosis of endometrial can- cer (EC) in Black women, according to a recent study published in JAMA Oncology....
Read MoreOral contraceptive use is associated with a reduced risk for ovarian cancer for BRCA mutation carriers, according to a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Researchers examined the correlation...
Read MoreDuring a recent PW Podcast episode, we spoke with Gil Padula, MD—Chief Medical Officer at Univer- sity Hospitals St. John Medical Center and Clinical Collaborator with NuView Life Sciences—about re- search he’s conducting in the...
Read More“Racial inequity in healthcare delivery and outcomes in the United States is well-documented, and outcomes for breast and gynecologic cancers are no exception,” explains Katherine V. Grette, MD. “In order to better address these...
Read MoreQ: Everyone in the office must wear a mask while they are here, but I am concerned about what they do outside. A lot of the staff are young, and they may be going out in large unmasked groups or otherwise acting stupidly when...
Read MoreMultiple factors affect same-day discharge (SDD) after laparoscopic surgery in gynecologic oncolo- gy, according to a study published in the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. Modifiable factors for SDD include the start...
Read MoreAbout two-thirds of older women fail to quali- fy for discontinuation of cervical cancer screen- ing, according to a study published in Gynecologic Oncology. Researchers assessed eligibility for cer- vical cancer screening...
Read MoreUnplanned acute care continues to be a major contributor to growing healthcare costs in the United States, especially among patients with cancer. Quality measures have been developed to reduce healthcare expenditures and promote...
Read MoreIn Silicon Valley, the concept of friction is the idea that you must remove every bit of inconvenience or work that gets in the way of a digital interaction. It’s about making things as easy as possible to get done. I’ve been...
Read MoreAnnual screening of postmenopausal women from the general population with multimodal screening (MMS) or transvaginal ultrasound does not reduce ovarian and tubal cancer deaths, according to a study published in The Lancet....
Read MoreIn a finding that offers the first evidence that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is indeed protecting women from cervical cancer, new research shows cases in the United States have slowly but steadily declined over the...
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Patients with epithelial ovarian cancer most commonly present when their disease has reached an...
Read MoreStress urinary incontinence surgery, with or without the use of transvaginal mesh, is not associated with an increased risk for pelvic malignancy in women, according to a study published in The Journal of Urology. Researchers...
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