TMS 2026: OB/GYN visits had nearly 4-fold higher odds of menopause coding than family medicine visits, with disparities by race and insurance, a study found.
|Articles|July 1, 2006
Use a Broken Swab to Make Your Point
Break a disposable wooden cotton swab to create an instrument to test for sharp sensation.
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Break a disposable wooden cotton swab to create an instrument to test for sharp sensation. (Try it on your own skin first to make sure it is sharp enough.) The wooden point seldom breaks the skin as a pin can, and because the swab is disposable, there is no chance of inadvertent spread of blood-borne pathogens.
- William Demshok, PA-C, MS
Miami
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TMS 2026: Women exercising at least 5 days a week reported lower perimenopause symptom scores across psychological, somatic, and urogenital domains.
TMS 2026: Menopause hormone therapy was associated with greater weight loss on semaglutide, but not sustained additional benefits with tirzepatide, in a new study.
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TMS 2026: A meta-analysis of 5 studies found hormone therapy linked to more frequent migraine attacks and migraine days, but not greater severity or analgesic use.
TMS 2026: In ARIC, menopause before age 40 was linked to higher CVD and CHD risk, with insulin resistance mediating about 19% of the association.
TMS 2026: Post hoc OASIS 1 and 2 data show more women on elinzanetant reported improvement across all 8 PROMIS sleep disturbance items vs placebo at week 12.
In a pilot study of 20 midlife women with vasomotor symptoms, an AI-enabled VR program delivering CBT showed early feasibility and acceptability.
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