Home Induction is Effective and Safe for Moms and Babies
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — More than two-thirds of nulliparous women achieved vaginal delivery after outpatient induction of labor (IOL), the HOME INDUCTION randomized noninferiority trial found. Out of nearly 300 Irish women who were induced at 39 weeks’ gestation by vaginal prostaglandin (Propess/Cervidil) or osmotic cervical dilator (Dilapan-S), 72% achieved vaginal delivery. There were no […]
Non-Chemo Regimen Led to High Response Rates in Cisplatin-Ineligible Bladder Cancer
PARIS — Nearly two-thirds of patients with untreated cisplatin-ineligible advanced urothelial cancer responded to an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) and immunotherapy, a small randomized study showed. Overall, 49 of 76 patients responded to frontline enfortumab vedotin (EV; Padcev) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda), including eight complete responses. An additional 17 patients had stable disease, resulting in a clinical […]
Survey: Two-thirds of Female Orthopedic Trainees Report Sexual Harassment
More than two-thirds of U.S. female orthopedic medical trainees said they experienced sexual harassment on the job, and current residents are experiencing the same level of abuse as veteran physicians did years ago, a researcher reported. In a 2019 online survey to 682 members of the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society — a support and networking […]