Women's Health
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Does an elevated TSH value always require therapy?
“Because of the assumption that every high TSH value is due to sickness-related hypothyroidism, thyroid hormones can be prescribed too quickly.”...
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Pelvic yoga, physical conditioning both improve urinary incontinence
Women completing a 3-month pelvic yoga program to treat urinary incontinence improved only modestly more on one measure than women doing physical...
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Hormone therapy less effective in menopausal women with obesity
It’s unclear whether the treatment itself is less effective or whether the women are not receiving an adequate dosage, because women with obesity...
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False-positive Pap smear may indicate genitourinary syndrome
Nearly all of the women who received local estrogen treatment had a normal Pap smear following therapy.
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USPSTF should reconsider recommendation to lower mammogram age: Experts
The benefit is arguably small, while the harms appear quite significant.
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CBT effectively treats sexual concerns in menopausal women
Though a small study, the findings confirm previous research results found in women with sexual concerns after gynecologic cancer.
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Menstruation linked to underdiagnosis of type 2 diabetes?
The analysis estimates that an additional 17% of undiagnosed women younger than 50 years could be reclassified as having type 2 diabetes.
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Hyaluronic acid suppository improves menopause symptoms
HLA may be a promising nonhormonal therapy for this condition, the researchers said.
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Menopausal hormone therapy less prescribed for Black women
There’s likely a combination of reasons for these disparities, with both provider and patient factors contributing, researchers say.
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This symptom signals UTI in 83% of cases
“Why has something so clear, so frequently present, never been described? The answer is simple: Physicians and patients do not talk about sex.”
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Study: Unexpected vaginal bleeding rises after COVID vaccination
Researchers suggested it could have been connected to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the vaccines.