Women's Health
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Biologics, Women, and Pregnancy: What’s Known?
As more studies emerge each year, recommendations will become stronger for considering treatment by certain biological drugs, taking into account...
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‘Medical maximizers’ dole out unneeded antibiotics for ASB
Why are patients with asymptomatic UTIs receiving treatment?
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Hope for quicker and more accurate endometriosis diagnosis
Researchers will investigate whether a 20-minute imaging scan with an experimental imaging marker can detect the most common types of...
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Women are not being warned that anesthetic may reduce birth pill efficacy
“Use of sugammadex is expected to rise as it becomes cheaper in the future, and ensuring that women receiving this medicine are aware it may...
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Women with high-risk pregnancies could die if Roe is overturned
“Many of the women I take care of have a pregnancy that presents a real and present danger to their health, and this often goes along with the...
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Five-year cervical screening interval safe for HPV-negative women
Screening every 5 years prevents as many cancers as screening at 3-year intervals, even in women who are not vaccinated against HPV.
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Tin in permanent contraception implants causes toxicity
“When the implant degrades, it can travel anywhere in the pelvis, like a needle moving through the body with no apparent destination.”
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Abortion debate may affect Rx decisions for pregnant women
Enactment of abortion restrictions in a growing number of states could have a chilling effect on therapy regimens in pregnant women and their...
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Takotsubo syndrome more deadly in men
Takotsubo syndrome, characterized by acute heart failure and transient ventricular contractile dysfunction, is more common in women but men are...
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Roe v. Wade’s pending fall raises privacy concerns
“It leads down this slippery slope of if you don’t even have control over your own body, then with electronic communications … we might as well...
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Trade-offs doctors make to become mothers: Interview study
Commentary author says, “It is embarrassing that employees of tech companies have better support for reproductive health than do physicians.”