Jan 07, 2020

Agency says it is still too early to know how severe this year's flu season will be. MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Flu continues to spread throughout the United States and has reached...

Dec 28, 2019

Infection with HPV 6, 11, 16, 18 less prevalent among women receiving one, two, three doses of HPV vaccine. FRIDAY, Dec. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. women who have received one dose of huma...

Dec 05, 2019

THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Children of mothers with diabetes have increased rates of early-onset cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online Dec. 4 in The BMJ. ...

Dec 04, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Postpartum opioid prescription rates vary widely among hospitals, according to a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics...

Dec 04, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For assessment of breast aesthetics and symmetry, the key focus areas are the lower regions of the breasts and nipple-areola complex, irrespective of the ob...

Dec 03, 2019

TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with annual screening, biennial mammographic screening is associated with a greater frequency of finding advanced-stage disease and interval cancers,...

Dec 03, 2019

TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- eBay's decision to ban infant inclined sleepers from its platform, including nonrecalled sleepers, was welcomed by Consumer Reports, which urged other compani...

Dec 03, 2019

TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For women going through menopause, type 1 diabetes is associated with higher coronary artery calcium (CAC) volume and accelerated progression of CAC over time...

Dec 02, 2019

MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Holding intubated infants in the intensive care unit is well tolerated and does not increase adverse events, according to a study published in the December iss...

Dec 02, 2019

MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The general fertility rate declined to 59.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years in 2018 in the United States, according to a study published online Nov....

Dec 02, 2019

MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The general fertility rate declined to 59.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years in 2018 in the United States, according to a study published online Nov....

Dec 02, 2019

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in OBGYN & Women's Health for November 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal artic...

Nov 27, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For women with asthma, asthma exacerbation (AE) during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for pregnancy complications, adverse perinatal outcom...

Nov 25, 2019

MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- In utero exposure to efavirenz is associated with an increased risk for microcephaly among children who are HIV-exposed but uninfected, according to a study p...

Nov 22, 2019

FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Hypertension during pregnancy heightens women's cardiovascular risk during middle age, according to a study published online Nov. 11 in the Journal of the Ame...

Nov 21, 2019

THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- There has been a significant decrease in the use of antidepressants by pregnant women in Denmark, with consumption falling by more than 33 percent since 201...

Nov 21, 2019

THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- In an elimination setting, most infants are susceptible to measles by age 3 months, according to a study published online Nov. 21 in Pediatrics. Michelle S...

Nov 21, 2019

THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- In women with a low-risk pregnancy, induction at 41 weeks of gestation may be safer than a wait-and-see approach to 42 weeks, according to a study published...

Nov 20, 2019

TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Cervical cancer screening rates are only about 70 percent among women ages 45 to 65 years, according to a study published online Nov. 1 in Preventive Medicin...

Nov 20, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Most cases of infection-related stillbirth may be due to bacterial pathogens, according to a study published online Nov. 4 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. ...