Women's health 2016: An update for internists

Pelin Batur; Eleanor Bimla Schwarz; Judith M E Walsh; Kay M Johnson

doi:10.3949/ccjm.83a.16098

Women's health 2016: An update for internists

Cleve Clin J Med. 2016 Dec;83(12):905-913. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.16098.

Authors

Pelin Batur^{1

2

3}, Eleanor Bimla Schwarz⁴, Judith M E Walsh⁵, Kay M Johnson⁶

Affiliations

¹ Education Director, Primary Care Women's Health, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. E-mail: baturp@ccf.org.
² Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Deputy Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Professor of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
⁵ Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Center of Excellence in Women's Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁶ Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.

PMID: 27938517
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.16098

Abstract

Internists are called upon on a daily basis to address a range of women's health issues. Staying up to date with the evidence in this wide field can be challenging. This article reviews important studies published in 2015 and early 2016 pertinent to urinary tract infection, osteoporosis, ovarian cancer screening, and contraception.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diphosphonates / adverse effects
Female
Humans
Ibuprofen / therapeutic use
Internal Medicine
Middle Aged
Urinary Tract Infections / drug therapy
Women's Health / trends*

Substances

Diphosphonates
Ibuprofen