Women's Health
Conference Coverage
Hormonal contraceptives protective against suicide?
The main message is the “current use of hormonal contraceptives is not associated with an increased risk of attempted suicide in our population...
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Double morning-after pill dose for women with obesity not effective
In a randomized, controlled trial, follicle rupture was not significantly different when the levonorgestrel-based contraception dose was doubled...
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PCOS comes with high morbidity, medication use into late 40s
Overall morbidity risk was 35% higher than for women without PCOS and medication use was 27% higher. Some comorbidities were independent of BMI....
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In utero COVID exposure tied to developmental differences in infants
“We don’t know if these effects will result in any longer-term issues,” but longer-term observation “may help us understand this.”
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‘Medical maximizers’ dole out unneeded antibiotics for ASB
Why are patients with asymptomatic UTIs receiving treatment?
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Hope for quicker and more accurate endometriosis diagnosis
Researchers will investigate whether a 20-minute imaging scan with an experimental imaging marker can detect the most common types of...
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Women are not being warned that anesthetic may reduce birth pill efficacy
“Use of sugammadex is expected to rise as it becomes cheaper in the future, and ensuring that women receiving this medicine are aware it may...
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Tin in permanent contraception implants causes toxicity
“When the implant degrades, it can travel anywhere in the pelvis, like a needle moving through the body with no apparent destination.”
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Takotsubo syndrome more deadly in men
Takotsubo syndrome, characterized by acute heart failure and transient ventricular contractile dysfunction, is more common in women but men are...
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Births jump for first time since 2014
The rise in births points to childbearing that was postponed during the pandemic.