Sep 09, 2019

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Overall, 0.63 percent of women experience chronic hypertension during pregnancy, with the rate increasing with maternal age and year of delivery, according to...

Sep 06, 2019

FRIDAY, Sept. 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For older women, the cumulative incidence of death from other causes is many times higher than breast cancer incidence and death, according to a study publish...

Sep 05, 2019

THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Menstrual cycle length per woman is varied, and tracking physiological parameters such as basal body temperature is key to identifying fertility windows whe...

Sep 05, 2019

THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Testosterone can be used for postmenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire dysfunction (HSDD) but is not recommended for other symptoms or medical cond...

Sep 05, 2019

THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women have significantly higher pregnancy-related mortality ratios (PRMRs) than whites, according to researc...

Sep 04, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program, a quality improvement initiative that made changes to preoperative and postoperative processes, leads t...

Aug 30, 2019

FRIDAY, Aug. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is associated with an increased incidence of breast cancer, according to a study published online Aug. 29 in The Lance...

Aug 30, 2019

FRIDAY, Aug. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Disparities in breastfeeding between black and white infants partly result from disparities in breastfeeding initiation, according to research published in th...

Aug 26, 2019

MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy alters the shape of the rectus abdominis muscle, which may in turn affect abdominoplasty outcomes, according to a study published in the August issu...

Aug 20, 2019

TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Planned Parenthood is withdrawing from the U.S. government's family planning program. The group said Monday that it decided to pull out of the program rathe...

Aug 20, 2019

TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of pregnancy following kidney transplant have remained steady, but Hispanic women are more likely to become pregnant in the three years following trans...

Aug 20, 2019

TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A small but "concerning" number of pregnant women are exposed to a commonly used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent, often early in the pregnanc...

Aug 19, 2019

MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is associated with a dose-dependent increase in miscarriage risk, according to a review published in the August issue of ...

Aug 19, 2019

MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Maternal exposure to higher levels of fluoride during pregnancy may be associated with lower IQ scores in young children, according to a study published onlin...

Aug 13, 2019

TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The disparity gap for care practices and certain outcomes between minority and white infants born at 22 to 29 gestational weeks narrowed from 2006 to 2017, a...

Aug 12, 2019

MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Only two-thirds of all health care providers are fully adherent to surgical guidelines for risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy, according to a study published...

Aug 09, 2019

FRIDAY, Aug. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis is associated with several adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in Obstetrics &...

Aug 07, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Preterm infants, including those born late preterm, have a lower rate of completion of recommended vaccines by age 19 months, according to a study published...

Aug 07, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid does not reduce adverse perinatal outcomes, according to a study p...

Aug 06, 2019

TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- There were significant increases in infant mortality from accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (ASSB) from 1999 to 2016, according to a study recen...