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The Fetal Treatment Center in Oakland: Expanded Services, Informed Strategies - Intro Video

The Fetal Treatment Center in Oakland: Expanded Services, Informed Strategies - Intro

Learn which patients may benefit from referral and what to expect from the process in this update from perinatologist Annalisa Post, MD.
Preeclampsia Update: How to Identify and Manage a Perilous Pregnancy Complication Video

Preeclampsia Update: How to Identify and Manage a Perilous Pregnancy Complication

This important talk from Annalisa Post, MD, a perinatologist with the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center, clarifies the definition of preeclampsia, lays out risk factors, and elucidates the tricky business of recognizing worsening hypertension in pregnancy.
Halt the UTI Cycle: Tips and Techniques for Treating a Common Urinary Woe Video

Halt the UTI Cycle: Tips and Techniques for Treating a Common Urinary Woe

Urogynecologist Abigail Shatkin-Margolis, MD, offers an update to help PCPs efficiently assess and treat patients prone to urinary tract infections, with a focus on both young and elderly adults.
In Utero Enzyme Replacement Therapy News

In Utero Enzyme Replacement Therapy

Pregnant patients with a diagnosed fetal lysosomal storage disease may have the opportunity to receive a promising treatment that could improve their babies’ health after birth.
Advances in Breast Cancer Care: Individualized Screening, Treatments and Follow-Up Video

Advances in Breast Cancer Care: Individualized Screening, Treatments and Follow-Up

Karen Goodwin, DO, covers everything from how to answer patients’ questions on mammogram frequency to how to counsel them on breast cancer prevention.
Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorder: Proven Strategies from a Multidisciplinary Team Video

Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorder: Proven Strategies from a Multidisciplinary Team

Placenta accreta spectrum disorder is a varied and increasingly common complication of pregnancy, so ob/gyns need a firm grasp of risk factors and ultrasound signs.
UCSF and I-SPY 2 Breast Cancer Researchers Develop Newly Redefined Breast Cancer Response Subtypes News

UCSF and I-SPY 2 Breast Cancer Researchers Develop Newly Redefined Breast Cancer Response Subtypes

Research scientists and statisticians from UC San Francisco have developed improved biomarker classifications as part of their research results in the I-SPY 2 trial for high-risk breast cancer patients.
Navigating the Maze of Breast Cancer Guidelines: Efficient Paths to Personalized Screening Video

Navigating the Maze of Breast Cancer Guidelines: Efficient Paths to Personalized Screening

To help PCPs address patients’ breast cancer screening concerns, surgeon Shoko Emily Abe, MD, FACS, breaks down the multitude of screening directives and modalities, with a focus on the needs of those at average risk and those with dense breast tissue.
New Guidance for Reducing Medication-Related Dementia Risk in Patients With Overactive Bladder News

New Guidance for Reducing Medication-Related Dementia Risk in Patients With Overactive Bladder

This consensus paper is designed to update urologists and other healthcare providers who prescribe anticholinergics about the risks of these medications and help guide them on when to use anticholinergics and when it is appropriate to use alternatives.
Urinary Misery: How to Help Female Patients With Persistent Dysuria Video

Urinary Misery: How to Help Female Patients With Persistent Dysuria

In this resource-packed talk, urogynecologist Caitlyn E. Painter, DO, explains how to categorize causes, what to understand about urine cultures and other tests, and the latest evidence on which treatments help patients.
Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Better Terms and Effective Strategies for Primary Care Management Video

Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Better Terms and Effective Strategies for Primary Care Management

Urogynecologist Caitlyn E. Painter, DO, explains why the anxiety-provoking condition requires sensitivity from providers and how they can help patients understand the problem and find a solution – from Kegels to surgery – that suits them.
Abortion Ban May Increase Risk of Death for Pregnant Women with Cancer News

Abortion Ban May Increase Risk of Death for Pregnant Women with Cancer

The repercussions of overturning Roe v. Wade – and the failure of the Supreme Court to provide any guidance on exceptions related to the life and health of the mother – are potentially catastrophic for a subset of women who face a life-threating diagnosis of pregnancy associated cancers (PAC).
Brachytherapy Improves Outcomes for Cervical Cancer Patients News

Brachytherapy Improves Outcomes for Cervical Cancer Patients

Patients with locally advanced cervical cancer who receive chemoradiation therapy and brachytherapy and complete treatment within eight weeks have a superior overall survival rate compared to those who don’t receive this treatment, according to a UCSF study.
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: A Guide to Causes and Solutions Video

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: A Guide to Causes and Solutions

In this straightforward talk, Tami Serene Rowen, MD, MS, FACOG clarifies how to distinguish abnormal from normal menses; breaks down the many reasons, both structural and hormonal, for the problem; and provides specifics on medical management – from doses to side effects – as well as surgical options and her favored techniques.
Dry Days Ahead: Effective Strategies for Common Urinary Complaints Video

Dry Days Ahead: Effective Strategies for Common Urinary Complaints

While stress incontinence and overactive bladder may not be life-threatening, they can be life-diminishing. Yet, with the stepped care approach presented by urologic surgeon Anne M. Suskind, MD, MS, FACS, clinicians can find a remedy to help almost any patient.
Approaching Endometriosis: Deliver the Right Care for Individual Patients Video

Approaching Endometriosis: Deliver the Right Care for Individual Patients

Gynecologist Jeannette Lager, MD, MPH, associate director of the UCSF Endometriosis Center, offers a thorough update on this painful condition impacting around 10% of U.S. women.
Motherhood After Chemo: Current Approaches to Fertility Preservation Video

Motherhood After Chemo: Current Approaches to Fertility Preservation

In the past, young women newly diagnosed with cancer typically received no fertility counseling or were assured they’d be fine if their periods resumed after treatment.Mitchell Rosen, MD, explains, it’s a more hopeful world for these patients, with better ways to predict the likelihood of ovarian failure or early menopause.
How to Assign Malignancy Risk to Adnexal Masses Based on Imaging Features News

How to Assign Malignancy Risk to Adnexal Masses Based on Imaging Features

Adoption of the Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System (O-RADS) by UCSF radiologists, gynecologists and gynecologic oncologists has reduced ambiguity in ultrasound (US) and MRI reporting of ovarian and adnexal lesions, with enormous potential to improve patient outcomes.
Current Menopause Care: Understanding and Explaining a Patient’s Options Video

Current Menopause Care: Understanding and Explaining a Patient’s Options

Gynecologist Mindy Goldman, MD, offers keys to individualizing care in menopause and beyond by looking at factors ranging from family history to having undergone hysterectomy.
Gynecologic Cancer and Lynch Syndrome: Identifying Genetic Variants Leads to Precision Treatment News

Gynecologic Cancer and Lynch Syndrome: Identifying Genetic Variants Leads to Precision Treatment

Given the increased risks associated with Lynch syndrome for gynecologic, colon and other cancers, physicians at the UCSF Gynecologic Oncology Center now approach testing, surveillance and treatment based on each patient’s individual genetic risk.
The Road to Motherhood: Simple Rules for Navigating Pregnancy in Primary Care Video

The Road to Motherhood: Simple Rules for Navigating Pregnancy in Primary Care

The PCP is the first line of care for women planning or beginning a pregnancy, and their questions range from “Which vitamins do I need?” to “Should I get genetic testing?”
Screening for Cervical Cancer: New Evidence on Options and Outcomes Video

Screening for Cervical Cancer: New Evidence on Options and Outcomes

Gynecologic oncologist Megan Swanson, MD, MPH, deciphers recent changes to cervical cancer screening guidelines and uses the data to illuminate the relative value of test options – Pap smears, detection of high-risk HPV strains, or both tests together.
Guide to Early Pregnancy Problems: How to Explain Options and Navigate Discussions Video

Guide to Early Pregnancy Problems: How to Explain Options and Navigate Discussions

In early pregnancy, common issues range from bleeding to ectopic attachment to miscarriage, and patients need accurate information and gentle guidance. Here’s help with delivering news and sharing decisions, including how to answer questions on specific management choices and whether a problem now signifies future pregnancy difficulties.
Contraceptive Counseling: Simple Techniques for Complicated Patients Video

Contraceptive Counseling: Simple Techniques for Complicated Patients

With rates of both chronic illness and maternal mortality rising in the U.S., reproductive planning is an essential part of primary care. Offering a variety of approaches to these discussions, OB-GYN Tania Basu Serna, MD, MPH, breaks down contraceptive options and explains how to help individuals make the best choices for their lives.

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