Women's Health

In women with osteoporosis treated with abolaparatide, trabecular bone score increased significantly, reflecting improved bone microarchitecture and strength.

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How to keep family planning conversations in primary care? First, you have to have them, says UC San Francisco professor of family community medicine, Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS.

Clinician-directed conversations on contraception and family planning remove patients from the center of the visit which is where must be in a shared decision-making model.

In a study of 874 adults, more women were diagnosed with chronic cluster headache and experienced longer attacks compared with men.

The in-person requirement for mifepristone dispensing was removed from the drug's REMS, potentially expanding access to women in need in a precarious environment.

Findings showed that greater concordance to the Mediterranean diet was linked to a 21% lower risk of developing any adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Having both conditions while pregnant in the current study conferred more than double the risk of future CVD vs having either condition alone.

Drug overdose deaths increased approximately 81% among pregnant and postpartum women in the US from 2017 to 2020, according to new research.

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Racial disparities in maternal, prenatal, and infant care are "stark and unacceptable," say authors of the March of Dimes 2022 Report Card.

The "Plan B" emergency contraceptive at 2 times the normal dose was not more effective in study participants with BMI >30.

Analysis of women who did not have high blood pressure while pregnant found that 1 in 10 were diagnosed with hypertension in the year after delivery.

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AHA 2022: Study authors say more research is needed to investigate the impact of targeting social determinants of health to improve cardiometabolic risk and mortality in pregnant women.

Black women seeking fertility care were less likely to report getting COVID-19 vaccine and were unsatisfied with how major health care systems handled the pandemic.

An OTC progestin only pill could potentially reduce the number of annual unintended pregnancies in the US by tens of thousands, a novel modeling study reveals.

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Findings underscore the need for ongoing efforts to improve prevention strategies, as CVD risk factors in younger women continue to rise, according to authors.

Early age at either type 1 or type 2 diabetes diagnosis was associated with earlier age a menopause, suggesting an impact of diabetes on reproductive health, authors say.

After early natural (vs surgical) menopause, women who continued to smoke had 4.5-fold greater risk of lung cancer and related mortality, report study authors.

Top-line data from the EVOGUARD clinical trial examining the efficacy of Phexxi for the prevention of chlamydia and gonorrhea are expected in October 2022.

Among more than 26 000 women, a vegetarian diet was associated with a 33% greater risk of hip fracture vs diets that included fish or meat.

Lung airways were smaller in women than men, even among ever-smokers and never-smokers, according to large analysis.

From type 2 diabetes to chronic yeast infection, we have picked the top 7 FDA-approved drugs every primary care physician should know about from the second quarter.

The vote to render abortion illegal at the federal level means states will now govern abortion rules, which could lead to abortion being outlawed in half the country.

Seven risk factors accounted for 85% of the risk of first acute myocardial infarction in young adults in a new study.

Results from a phase 2b trial showed that a bivalent RSV prefusion F protein-based vaccine was safe and led to higher neutralizing antibody responses in pregnant women.

Obesity significantly increased the risk of heart failure among women who experienced menopause at age ≥55 years in a new study.