Internal Medicine - Women`s Health News & Articles

What makes MDLinx Internal Medicine different from all the other primary care literature reviews? Our team of medical editors read over 2,000 medical journals every day so you can stay current in less than 5 minutes! They sort, rank and summarize every article that will impact your daily practice. They even mark which articles are available in free full text, which are clinical or evidence-based, and which have MDLinx Exclusive Author Commentary from the people who actually performed the research.

Also on this page you’ll see bonus content from our physician editor, D. Scott Cunningham, MD, PhD, in the form of his top highlights you can’t miss, along with clinical pearls from The Smartest Internist, a quiz competition from the editors of MDLinx Internal Medicine in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education.

Your Unread Messages in Internal Medicine

See All >> Messages include industry-sponsored communications and special communications from MDLinx

D Scott Cunningham MD, PhD
Site Editor, MDLinx
Outcome in MI patients with hyponatremia

Jill Baker
MDLinx Career Center
NPs and PAs play crucial role amid PCP shortage

Smartest Doc Challenge
MDLinx
Clinical Pearls for Hospitalists

MDLinx Reminder
MDLinx
Conference Center Upgraded with New Tools

MDLinx Top Read
MDLinx
Running from that pile of unread journals?

New!	>> Find out who is the Smartest Doc in Internal Medicine!

Articles

Latest (9) Full Text Articles (171) Focus on Substance Abuse

Ranked, sorted, and summarized by MDLinx editors from the latest literature

Topics:

41 Evaluation of Current Prognostic and Predictive Markers in Breast Cancer: A Validation Study of Tissue Microarrays Anticancer Research, May 10, 2013 Clinical Article

42 Recruiting Women for a Study on Perceived Risk of Cancer: Influence of Survey Topic Salience and Early Versus Late Response Full Text Preventing Chronic Disease, May 10, 2013 Clinical Article

43 Pain in outpatients treated for breast cancer: prevalence, pharmacological treatment, and impact on quality of life Cancer Nursing, May 10, 2013 Clinical Article

44 Detection of prognostic factors in metastatic breast cancer Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, May 10, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article

45 Genetic ancestry modifies the association between genetic risk variants and breast cancer risk among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women Carcinogenesis, May 10, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article

46 Use of bisphosphonates in metastatic breast cancer: single institution review at the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre Supportive Care in Cancer, May 10, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article

47 Effects of macronutrient intake on thigh muscle mass during home-based walking training in middle-aged and older women Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, May 10, 2013 Review Article

48 A pilot study of prospective memory functioning in early breast cancer survivors The Breast, May 10, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article

49 Determining and Interpreting Inequalities in Coverage of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Interventions Full Text PLoS Medicine, May 9, 2013 Review Article

50 Deflation of gastric band balloon in pregnancy for improving outcomes Cochrane Reviews, May 9, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine

51 Mammography in combination with breast ultrasonography versus mammography for breast cancer screening in women at average risk Cochrane Reviews, May 9, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article

52 Social networks, social support mechanisms, and quality of life after breast cancer diagnosis Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, May 9, 2013 Review Article

53 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Impact on the care of Gynecologic Oncology patients in the absence of Medicaid expansion in Central Virginia Gynecologic Oncology, May 9, 2013 Review Article

54 Treatment-related changes in serum lipids and inflammation: clinical relevance remains unclear. Analyses from the Womens Interagency HIV study AIDS, May 9, 2013 Clinical Article

55 Breast cancer detection and survival among women with cosmetic breast implants: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies British Medical Journal, May 8, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article

56 GDNF-RET signaling in ER-positive breast cancers is a key determinant of response and resistance to aromatase inhibitors Cancer Research, May 8, 2013 Clinical Article

57 Preserving fertility in female cancer patients: A snapshot of the options Full Text Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, May 8, 2013

58 Fracture Risk in Older, Long-Term Survivors of Early-Stage Breast Cancer Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 8, 2013 Clinical Article

59 Association of germline microRNA SNPs in pre-miRNA flanking region and breast cancer risk and survival: the Carolina Breast Cancer Study Cancer Causes and Control, May 8, 2013 Clinical Article

60 Standard or hypofractionated radiotherapy in the postoperative treatment of breast cancer: a retrospective analysis of acute skin toxicity and dose inhomogeneities Full Text BMC Cancer, May 8, 2013 Clinical Article

50 available pages First Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next Last

Clinical Pearls in Internal Medicine

Vitamin D deficiency is more common with non-Caucasian patients, and those with lower social support, no insurance, diabetes, lower activity levels, higher parathyroid hormone levels, and higher body mass indexes
Eating an early breakfast and dinner when taking PPIs can lower FSSG scores and improve GERD symptoms. (Factors leading to increased FSSG scores were female gender, inadequate sleep, lack of breakfast, antihypertensive agent non-users and dinner just before bedtime.)
No single method of contraception is contraindicated by age alone, but caution should be exercised with estrogen-containing preparations in obese women over 40

» Test your knowledge. Take the Smartest Doc challenge today!

Highlights in Internal Medicine

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased mortality in ICU patients

Among 130 patients requiring mechanical ventilation, 107 were vitamin D-deficient (< 20 ng/ml). Of the patients who did not survive, the length of survival was shorter in the vitamin D-deficient patients (15.3 vs. 24.2 days, respectively).

Read the article summary

Coronary artery calcium increases cardiovascular risk in patients with T2DM and HTN

Researchers at Tel-Aviv University have conducted a study to determine the value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) measurements in cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with T2DM and HTN. The study involved 423 patients enrolled in the International Nifedipine Study: Intervention as Goal for Hypertension Therapy. The patients had baseline CT scans for CAC measurement at baseline and were shown to be free of disease. Follow-up CT scans were performed at 3 and 15 years. Cardiovascular events (CVEs) occurred in 41 of 423 patients at 3 years and 111 of 268 patients at 15 years of follow-up. CVEs occurred in 15% and 52% (CAC+) and 7% and 32% (CAC-) of patients with T2DM at 3 and 15 years of follow-up, respectively. Compared to patients without T2DM and no CAC, the HRs for a CVE were 6.6 and 3.9 in T2DM patients with and without CAC, respectively.

Read the article summary

CAC scores add predictability to Framingham

Researchers at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam have evaluated 12 measures (N-terminal fragment of prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide levels, von Willebrand factor antigen levels, fibrinogen levels, chronic kidney disease, leukocyte count, C-reactive protein levels, homocysteine levels, uric acid levels, coronary artery calcium [CAC] scores, carotid intima–media thickness, peripheral arterial disease, and pulse wave velocity), in addition to Framingham risk scores for predicting coronary heart disease. Only the CAC was shown to add significantly to the Framingham risk score in predicting coronary heart disease.

Read the article summary

Get reports via email to claim your reading activity at MDLinx as Category 2 CME (It takes less than a minute)

Most Popular Internal Medicine Articles

Last month's top read Top Articles of 2012

1 Update on polymyalgia rheumatica European Journal of Internal Medicine , April 12, 2013

2 Long term consequences of the female athlete triad Maturitas, March 26, 2013

3 Bone mineral density testing: Is a T score enough to determine the screening interval? Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, April 3, 2013 Free full text

4 Moving Oral Contraceptives Over-the-Counter as a Strategy to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy Annals of Internal Medicine, March 26, 2013 Review Article

5 Efficacy and Safety of Desvenlafaxine Treatment for Hot Flashes Associated with Menopause: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation, April 12, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article

6 A Review of Dietary Prevention of Human Papillomavirus-Related Infection of the Cervix and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Nutrition and Cancer, March 29, 2013

7 Low-Carbohydrate Diet for the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes: A randomized controlled trial Diabetes Care, April 9, 2013

8 Hypertension and antihypertensive drugs in pregnancy and perinatal outcomes American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, April 16, 2013

9 Effect of Two Doses of Interval Training on Maximal Fat Oxidation in Sedentary Women Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, April 16, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine

10 The association of premature ovarian failure with ventricular repolarization dynamics evaluated by QT dynamicity EP Europace, April 19, 2013

11 Magnesium retention from metabolic-balance studies in female adolescents: impact of race, dietary salt, and calcium American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, April 8, 2013

12 The Effect of Obesity on the Relationship Between Serum Parathyroid Hormone and 25-Hydroxyvitamin D in Women Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, March 19, 2013

13 A Palaeolithic-type diet causes strong tissue-specific effects on ectopic fat deposition in obese postmenopausal women Journal of Internal Medicine, March 5, 2013

14 Different types of dietary advice for women with gestational diabetes mellitus Cochrane Reviews, April 1, 2013 Review Article

15 One-year long-term safety extension study of ospemifene for the treatment of vulvar and vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women with a uterus Menopause, March 28, 2013

16 Randomised clinical trial: the effects of daikenchuto, TU-100, on gastrointestinal and colonic transit, anorectal and bowel function in female patients with functional constipation Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, March 19, 2013

17 Outcomes of Screening Mammography by Frequency, Breast Density, and Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Outcomes of Screening Mammography JAMA Internal Medicine, March 20, 2013

18 Cortical remodeling during menopause, rheumatoid arthritis, glucocorticoid and bisphosphonate therapy Arthritis Research & Therapy, March 25, 2013 Review Article

19 Comparison of Adverse Outcomes After Contemporary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Women Versus Men With Acute Coronary Syndrome The American Journal of Cardiology, April 4, 2013

20 Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women after Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer New England Journal of Medicine, March 21, 2013

Indexed Journals in Internal Medicine: New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Archives of Internal Medicine more

Enter your email address and your password will be sent to you.
Email:

E-mail:
Password:
	Remember me Forgot your password?

Internal Medicine - Women`s Health News & Articles

Articles

Clinical Pearls in Internal Medicine

Highlights in Internal Medicine

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased mortality in ICU patients

Coronary artery calcium increases cardiovascular risk in patients with T2DM and HTN

CAC scores add predictability to Framingham

Most Popular Internal Medicine Articles

Other Topics in Internal Medicine