Women's Health
News
No link found between fluconazole use and neonatal death risk
More research is needed to pinpoint the link between fluconazole use and risks to neonates.
News
Bladder injection may improve sexual function
In a prospective observational study, 32 women with wet idiopathic overactive bladder received a 100 U/10 ml injection of onabotulinumtoxinA.
Video
Pregnancy may be ideal time to consider switching MS drugs
NASHVILLE, TENN – Women with multiple sclerosis who fare poorly on specific medications before pregnancy don’t tend to do any better afterward, a...
Article
Is the "breast is best" mantra an oversimplification?
Recommendations about breastfeeding—absent critical analysis and removed from context—may overvalue its benefit. Here's a look at the evidence.
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GDM, subsequent diabetes predictive of later renal damage
Kidney stones may be more likely in those women with GDM who progress to diabetes.
Conference Coverage
Drug-related deaths continue to rise in United States
TORONTO – As pregnant women use more opioids, NAS rates are soaring; they rose from 1.2/1,000 U.S. hospital births in 2000 to 8/1,000 in 2014.
Primary Care Medical Abstracts
Abstract: Divergent Responses to Mammography and Prostate-Specific Antigen Recommendations
The authors, from the Cleveland Clinic, explore the reasons for divergent responses to recent guideline recommendations against screening for...
Primary Care Medical Abstracts
Abstract: Coffee consumption and health: umbrella review of meta-analyses of multiple health outcomes
Studies examining the benefits versus harms of coffee consumption have yielded conflicting results.
News
Annual ob.gyn. visit a ‘powerful opportunity’ to talk heart health
Women are at greater risk than men are of cardiovascular mortality, ACOG and the AHA note in a newly published joint advisory.
News
Emotional regulation training lowers risk of adolescents having sex
Emotional regulation training helps adolescents understand feelings and, in turn, better control them.