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Use current health and desire for pregnancy to guide contraception discussions in primary care, according to authors of an updated report. In an installment of the American College of Physicians' [...]

Hormone therapy remains a topic for debate, but a constant in the 2 decades since the Women's Health Initiative has been the demonstrated effectiveness for relief of vasomotor symptoms and [...]

Approximately 12,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed in women in the United States each year, based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said B.J. [...]

Maternal mortality is a public health crisis for all women, said Elizabeth A. Howell, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, in a presentation at the virtual Advancing NIH Research [...]

BLACK WOMEN UNDERGOING hysterectomies were significantly more likely to be treated by low-volume surgeons than high-volume surgeons, and to experience perioperative complications as a result, based on data from more [...]

Black women undergoing hysterectomies were significantly more likely to be treated by low-volume surgeons than high-volume surgeons, and to experience perioperative complications as a result, based on data from more [...]

MANY WOMEN with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) have pregnancy-related concerns that go unaddressed by their doctors, according to a survey of women with HS. Previous studies have shown the potential for [...]

FROM ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE Women aged 30-65 years can extend the interval between Pap smears from 3 years to 5 years if they get tested for human papillomavirus at [...]

FROM OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Approximately one-third of health care providers conduct unnecessary low-risk HPV testing, based on results of a survey of 376 office-based health care providers and 216 outpatient [...]

Swedish women who have breast implants are significantly more likely to commit suicide than women who do not have implants, said Dr. V.C.M. Koot of University Medical Centre in Utrecht, [...]

FROM ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE Women aged 30-65 years can extend the interval between Pap smears from 3 years to 5 years if they get tested for human papillomavirus at [...]

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. - Women who had a longer exposure to estradiol before menopause had a significantly lower risk of developing depression during the menopausal transition. Dr. Wendy Marsh of [...]

FORM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. - Use of a combination of bazedoxifene and conjugated estrogens had no significant impact on breast density [...]

FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. -- Frequent hot flashes in menopausal women were significantly linked with higher levels of low-density lipoproteins, high-density [...]

FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. - Frequent hot flashes in menopausal women were significantly associated with higher levels of low-density lipoproteins, high-density [...]

FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. - Frequent hot flashes in menopausal women were significantly associated with higher levels of low-density lipoproteins, high-density [...]

FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. - Use of a combination of bazedoxifene and conjugated estrogens had no significant impact on breast density [...]

QUEBEC CITY -- The quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine continues to protect women against several types of cervical cancer for up to 7 years, data from a long-term follow-up postlicensure study [...]

FROM A CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES RESEARCH QUEBEC CITY -- Women with a history of chlamydia were significantly more likely to get retested if they [...]

The rate of any type of pregnancy-related hospitalization for stroke in the United States increased from approximately 4,000 in 1994-1995 to about 6,000 in 2006-2007, based on data from a [...]

FROM OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Approximately one-third of health care providers conduct unnecessary low-risk HPV testing, based on the results of a survey of 376 office-based health care providers and 216 [...]

Women with fibromyalgia who participated in an 8-week yoga program reported significant improvements on measures of fibromyalgia symptoms and function, based on data from a pilot study of 53 women. [...]

Women with fibromyalgia who participated in an 8-week yoga program reported significant improvements on measures of fibromyalgia symptoms and function, based on data from a pilot study of 53 women. [...]

FROM A PRESS BRIEFING SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY One in four women diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1940s was alive 10 years later, compared with [...]

TORONTO -- A standard dose of the antiepileptic drug carbamazepine allowed ovulation and the potential for pregnancy in women using low-dose birth control pills in a small randomized, double-blind study [...]

BOSTON -- Delayed examinations following sexual assaults significantly reduced the frequency of documented anogenital injuries in the victims, based on data from 2,799 cases. Data on the nature and documentation [...]

ATLANTA -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended a bivalent human papillomavirus vaccine as an alternative to the quadrivalent vaccine for the prevention [...]

RIO GRANDE, P. R. -- Approximately one in four elderly black women have osteoporosis, findings from a small study suggest. Physicians should not ignore the possibility of osteoporosis in their [...]

WASHINGTON -- Using hormonal contraceptives might weaken a woman's natural immunity to the herpesvirus, according to findings from a pilot study of healthy women aged 18-35 years. Findings from previous [...]

RIO GRANDE. P.R. -- A majority of health care providers said they would not insert an IUD before obtaining Pap test or colposcopy results in a recently postpartum woman with [...]

Low bone mineral density and a prevalent vertebral fracture were long-term independent predictors of an increased risk of vertebral fractures in women aged 65-99 who were followed for almost 15 [...]

Disuse of hormone therapy might have fueled a significant drop in breast cancer detection rates in recent years, but a plateau in screening mammography among women older than 45 years [...]

Disuse of hormone therapy might have fueled a significant drop in breast cancer detection rates in recent years, but a plateau in screening mammography among women older than 45 also [...]

Women who have no chance of becoming pregnant, as well as men, are now exempt from a 23-day lockout period before starting a new prescription of isotretinoin for the treatment [...]

WASHINGTON -- Postmenopausal women who consumed higher amounts of the types of flavonoids found in tea and strawberries showed a decreased risk of breast cancer, according to data presented at [...]

WASHINGTON -- Retroperitoneal dissection and uterine artery occlusion offer a successful approach to laparoscopic hysterectomy in morbidly obese patients, Dr. Jessica M. Vaught and her associates reported in a poster [...]

DENVER -- Age and low hostility are independent predictors of high blood pressure in women over a 10-year period, suggesting a link between certain personality traits and disease development, Jocelyne [...]

BETHESDA, MD. -- Follow-up data for women who underwent uterine artery embolization for the treatment of fibroids show that 73% still reported improved symptoms 5 years later. Of 182 women [...]

A new study has added a twist to the theory that statins may serve dual purposes in patients with inflammatory diseases that affect both the joints and heart. Findings from [...]

Washington -- Metformin combined with a reduced-calorie diet reduced cardiovascular risk in a study of 791 women with polycystic ovary syndrome, Mofiz Haque, M.D., reported in a poster presented at [...]

WASHINGTON -- Foreign-born women living in the United States were significantly less likely to have had a Pap test within the past 3 years, compared with American-born women, Xu Wang, [...]

WASHINGTON -- Women who experienced hyperemesis gravidarum had a significantly increased risk of preeclampsia, compared with controls, wrote Michele Soltis, M.D., and colleagues in a poster presented at the annual [...]

BETHESDA, MD. -- Alcohol, diethyl-stilbestrol exposure, and family history are potential risk factors for fibroids, according to several recent studies presented at an international conference on uterine leiomyoma research. Data [...]

WASHINGTON -- Elderly women reported more pain than men, and black women reported more pain that limited their activity, compared with white women, in two studies totaling 3,800 patients, said [...]

The perioperative risks of carotid endarterectomy outweigh the benefits in symptomatic women with less than 70% stenosis, especially those with few other risk factors, Sonia Alamowich, M.D., reported For women [...]

SALT LAKE CITY -- For every 1,000 deliveries in the United States between 1991 and 2000, 4.6 women experienced severe morbidity, William M. Callaghan, M.D., said at the annual meeting [...]

WASHINGTON -- The long-term outcomes for coronary artery bypass grafting were worse for women than men in a retrospective study, although women had fewer intraoperative complications, Dr. Ansar Hassan reported [...]

Physical inactivity and high body mass index are not necessarily equivalent in terms of predicting disease risk in women, according to findings from two studies. Inactivity predicted increased heart disease [...]

Physical inactivity and high body mass index are not necessarily equivalent in terms of predicting disease risk in women, according to findings from two studies. Inactivity predicted increased heart disease [...]

Physical reactivity and high body mass index are not necessarily equivalent in terms of predicting disease risk in women, according to findings from two studies. Inactivity predicted increased heart disease [...]