Women's Health
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
USPSTF recommendations on risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for BRCA-related cancer
They recommend using screening tools focusing on family history that primary care physicians can utilize to determine who should be referred for...
Conference Coverage
Preconception marijuana use by male partner raises spontaneous abortion risk
PHILADELPHIA – Use of marijuana by the male once or twice in the week prior to conception doubled the risk of spontaneous abortion.
Conference Coverage
Lifestyle program improves chance of spontaneous conception for women with obesity
PHILADELPHIA – Lifestyle interventions aimed at healthy eating and physical activity in women with obesity could...
From the Journals
New drug improves sex drive, at least on paper
Injectable improves sexual satisfaction scores, but its clinical impact is hard to discern.
News
FDA proposes new breast implant labeling with a boxed warning
Following a high-profile hearing in March 2019, and a textured breast implant recall in July, the FDA has proposed a boxed warning and other...
News
ACIP recommends two options for pertussis vaccination
Updated language allows use of either Tdap or Td for pertussis booster, prophylaxis, and catch-up immunization, according to ACIP recommendations...
Opinion
Antituberculosis drugs in pregnancy and lactation
From the Journals
Couples-based cognitive-behavioral therapy curbs postpartum depression
Women in a couples-based cognitive-behavioral therapy program had reduced postnatal depression, compared with those in a women-only program or...
From the Journals
Duloxetine ‘sprinkle’ launches for patients with difficulty swallowing
From the Journals
Study: Half of college women exhibited binge eating symptoms
Binge eating symptoms were noted in 50% of college women and associated with greater depression and anxiety.
Conference Coverage
Elagolix with add-back therapy appears efficacious despite uterine and fibroid factors
PHILADELPHIA – Factors such as primary fibroid volume, fibroid stage, and uterine volume did not appear to affect...