Abortion rates still rising.

Hip fracture in Northern Ireland, 1985–2010. Are age-specific fracture rates still rising?

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to review and update previous projections of the number of proximal femoral fractures in the Northern Ireland population and to ascertain if the trend of increasing age-specific fracture incidence was continuing. METHODS Data from 1985 to 1997 was obtained from hospital theatre records to ascertain the number of surgical procedures for proximal femoral f...

Abortion Facility Closings and Abortion Rates in Texas

From 2004 to 2014, the overall abortion rate in Texas fell by almost a third from 10.7 to 7.2 abortions per 1000 women aged 10 to 49 years. During this same period, the number of abortion clinics operating at least 6 months in the year fell from 40 to 27. We examined the relationship between the abortion rate and the proximity of abortion facilities. We matched annual, county-level data on abor...

Are Abnormal Yolk Sac Characteristics Important Factors in Abortion Rates?

Rising hypospadias rates: disproving a myth.

Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital abnormalities occurring in males. In recent years, the prevalence of hypospadias and whether that prevalence is rising or stable has become part of a larger debate over the potential effects of so-called 'endocrine disruptors', such as phthalates and bisphenol-A, on male reproductive health. This commentary critically examines allegations suggest...

Rising double-mastectomy rates attract increasing scrutiny.

one high-risk feature. A recent joint analysis of the NSABP B-31 and NCCTG N9831 randomized phase III trials that led to these approvals showed that adjuvant trastuzumab added to chemotherapy increased 10-year overall survival from 75.2% to 84% and 10-year DFS from 62.2% to 73.7%, Salazar said. “So the question becomes, if you add the vaccine to trastuzumab to prevent recurrence, does it improv...