2020 Was a Lost Year for Women's Medical Care COVID-19 restrictions, financial barriers played large role, KFF survey results emphasize Apr 22, 2021
First Data on COVID Vaccines in Pregnancy Findings from CDC registries provide reassurance on side effects, adverse outcomes Apr 21, 2021
Migraines Bode Poorly for Blood Pressure in Menopausal Women Migraine medication use, presence of auras made no difference in observational study Apr 21, 2021
Reassuring Data on Tranexamic Acid and Blood Clots Yet concerns of thrombotic complications remain Apr 14, 2021
FDA Temporarily Lifts Restriction on Abortion Pill Allows clinicians to dispense mifepristone via telehealth during the pandemic Apr 13, 2021
Epilepsy Drugs For Newly Diagnosed Patients: What's Best? Valproate shines in British trial, posing dilemma for younger women Apr 12, 2021
Triple-Negative Breast Cancers Not All the Same Histology tied to treatment response, outcomes Apr 12, 2021
Complications Common in Excision of Retained Cervix After Hysterectomy Occur in almost 40% of procedures, cancer in 18% of cases Apr 09, 2021
Reproductive Life Span of U.S. Women Increasing Changes in age at both menarche and menopause, study of women followed over 6 decades shows Apr 06, 2021
Star Surgeon Took Family Medical Leave. Then She Was Fired Courtney Stephenson, DO, whose young daughter was seriously ill, sues Atrium Health Mar 30, 2021
Triage System Gets High Marks for Ovarian Cancer Debulking Surgery Key factors predicted threefold higher risk of 90-day mortality with primary surgery Mar 26, 2021
Combo Tx Active in Recurrent, Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Ixabepilone plus bevacizumab yielded responses in a third of patients Mar 26, 2021
Sale Aimed at Saving Chicago Safety Net Hospital OK'd But activists and community leaders remain wary of rushed process Mar 24, 2021
Safety Reassurance for Major Class of Diabetes Drugs Pooled trial data show no link to breast cancer Mar 24, 2021
Little Benefit With Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Endometrial Cancer Chemo prevented relapse but did not improve survival, no benefit from radiotherapy Mar 23, 2021
Transgender Youth at Risk for Poorer Heart Health Association could be attributed to gender-affirming hormone therapy, researcher says Mar 23, 2021
Androgen Receptor Inhibitor Active in Endometrial Cancer SGO: Apatinib for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, pembrolizumab for advanced vulvar cancer Mar 22, 2021
Op-Ed: Yes, Women Can Have Heart Disease Too Better research can help us understand gender differences and save lives Mar 22, 2021
Hormonal IUD Shows Promise in Early Endometrial Cancer Regression seen in 82% of women with precancerous lesions Mar 21, 2021
Op-Ed: Primary Care and Specialty Ping Pong Let's put an end to bureaucratic medicine and treat the patient in front of us Mar 21, 2021
Practice-Changing Trial in Second-Line Endometrial Cancer Pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib improved median OS by nearly 7 months versus chemotherapy Mar 19, 2021
PA Abortion Bill: Burials, Death Certificates for Fetal Remains Financial and emotional burdens could reduce abortion care access, critics say Mar 18, 2021
Why Women Experience COVID and the Vaccines Differently Than Men It's chromosomal and hormonal, and maybe sociocultural too Mar 17, 2021 podcast
Ethics Consult: OK to Perform 'Female Circumcision'? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Mar 12, 2021
Abortion Opponents Make New Run at Roe v. Wade But may have to wait a few years, say opponents of new Arkansas law Mar 11, 2021
Meghan Markle's Bombshell Revelation The duchess reveals mental health issues and desperate moments during pregnancy Mar 09, 2021
UTIs Treated Inappropriately Everywhere Both uncalled-for drugs and prolonged treatment durations, large-scale review finds Feb 26, 2021
Vaginal Pessary Viable Alternative to Surgery for Weak Pelvic Floor Majority of women continued treatment for at least 5 years Feb 24, 2021
ACOG to Ob/Gyns: Get Up to Speed on Transgender, Gender-Diverse Care Docs should become clinically/culturally competent, new guidance states Feb 19, 2021
Relugolix Combo a Winner in Uterine Fibroids Trial Medication could be a viable, long-term alternative to surgery, researcher says Feb 17, 2021
'Momnibus' Bill Gaining Ground in House Package of bills is aimed at improving maternal health and healthcare for women of color Feb 17, 2021
Brain Tumor Risk Upped With Synthetic Progestogen Absolute risk still low, however, and product not currently approved in U.S. Feb 03, 2021
High-Dose Oxytocin Flops for Reducing C-Section Rates Benefits seen for other outcomes, however Feb 02, 2021
Preterm Births Flag Neighborhood Vulnerability to COVID-19 Obstetric outcome is a "vital statistic" to evaluate community healthcare access, researcher says Feb 01, 2021
Can High Postpartum Blood Pressure Predict Future Hypertension Risk? Blood pressure trajectory after delivery may indicate future CVD risk, researcher says Feb 01, 2021
Preterm Birth More Common in 'Vulnerable' Neighborhoods Community-level risks "beyond individual factors" seen playing strong role Jan 29, 2021
Preventive Approach to C-Section Bleeding Pans Out in Trial Treatment lowered risk of early blood loss and transfusion, but not more severe hemorrhage Jan 29, 2021
How Much Protection Do Babies Get From Mom's COVID Antibodies? Study is first to investigate maternal neutralizing activity Jan 28, 2021
