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New dietary guidelines omit recommended cuts to sugar, alcohol intake
The guidelines omit a recommendation from the advisory committee’s ...
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Pregnant women should be offered COVID-19 vaccine, experts agree
Experts believe that mRNA vaccines “are unlikely to pose a risk for people who are pregnant,” the CDC says.
Commentary
Reproductive Rounds: Fertility preservation options for cancer patients
These two diseases intersect in the burgeoning field of oncofertility, the collaboration of oncology with reproductive endocrinology to offer...
Commentary
Etonogestrel implants may be bent, fractured by trauma or during sports
Removals of the implant upon such occasions can be challenging.
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PTSD, depression combo tied to high risk for early death in women
“We ignore our emotional well-being at our peril,” according to senior author Karestan Koenen, PhD.
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Geography and behaviors linked to early-onset colorectal cancer survival in U.S. women
Physical inactivity and lower fertility correlate modestly with early-onset colorectal cancer mortality in women.
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New AHA scientific statement on menopause and CVD risk
An AHA scientific statement aims to raise awareness of healthcare providers and women about the menopause transition as a time of increasing heart...
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Prophylactic HIV treatment in female STI patients is rare
Female patients with STIs are more likely to contract HIV, regardless of insurance status.
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Metformin improves most outcomes for T2D during pregnancy
But the drug was associated with an increased risk of small-for-gestational-age babies.
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Immunodeficiency strongly linked to mental illness, suicidal behavior
Clinicians managing patients with primary humoral immunodeficiency “should ... perhaps screen for them,” said Dr. Josef Isung.
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Sedentary postmenopausal women have higher heart failure risk
“This study provides a foundation for a recommendation that ‘it is not just about exercise,” said Dr. Robert H. Hopkins, Jr.