Women's Health
Conference Coverage
Treatment order evidence comes to light for premenopausal idiopathic osteoporosis: What to do after denosumab
Extension trial gives insight into treatment order for a little-studied population of premenopausal women.
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Taking a new obesity drug and birth control pills? Be careful
“It [the warning] was in the product insert, but clinically speaking, I don’t know if it was at the top of providers’ minds when they were...
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Greater fracture risk reduction seen with denosumab vs. zoledronic acid in postmenopausal women
The analysis took extra pains to remove bias through data that might be linked to potential confounders but could not reasonably be attributed to...
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Lack of time is damaging women’s health
The one thing that is especially damaging to physical and mental health is sleep deprivation, and working mothers get less sleep than do working...
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Metabolic effects of estetrol are promising in postmenopausal women
Preliminary findings suggest estetrol continues to hold potential for becoming an additional option in treating menopause symptoms.
From the Journals
Biomarkers may help women with RA to decide on medications in pregnancy
Researchers find differences in gene expression before pregnancy that could help women with rheumatoid arthritis choose to stop or continue...
Commentary
Trading one’s eggs for a service discount raises tough issues, says ethicist
In a sense, she’s being coerced, perhaps – I’m going to put it glibly – to sell cheaply. She probably is getting undervalue, even though she needs...
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Cannabis use growing among menopausal women
Cannabis is being increasingly marketed for treating menopause-related and aging-related symptoms.
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Bone degradation measure can sway osteoporosis diagnosis
Factoring in a patient’s trabecular bone score may alter treatment decisions.
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New RSV vaccine will cut hospitalizations, study shows
With widespread use of the vaccine, annual hospitalizations resulting from infant RSV would fall by 51%, emergency department encounters would...
Commentary
‘Vaginal dryness’ can be fatal. No, really.
The thing that kills women is recurrent urinary tract infections.