May 01, 2019

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

Apr 30, 2019

TUESDAY, April 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Rare variants have been identified in the DENND1A gene that are associated with hormonal traits of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to research p...

Apr 23, 2019

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) - Most states have statutes that invalidate a woman's advance directive if she is pregnant, a U.S. study finds. And because those statute...

Apr 23, 2019

TUESDAY, April 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening pregnant women for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) but not nonpregnant women or men. Th...

Apr 22, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Most sleep-related suffocation deaths among babies less than one year old happen because infants' airways got blocked by things like pi...

Apr 19, 2019

FRIDAY, April 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- There is a small association between conception by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and childhood cancer, particularly hepatic tumors, according to a study publi...

Apr 16, 2019

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday ordered makers of transvaginal surgical mesh implants to immediately stop their sale and distribution in the United States, ...

Apr 16, 2019

TUESDAY, April 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective nonpharmacologic treatment for insomnia during pregnancy, according to a study published online April 5 in Obst...

Apr 16, 2019

TUESDAY, April 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced a ban on the sale of all pelvic mesh products. "In order for these mesh devices to stay on the m...

Apr 15, 2019

MONDAY, April 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- In pregnant women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), metformin treatment from the late first trimester until delivery might reduce the risk for late misc...

Apr 15, 2019

MONDAY, April 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with incident diabetes in offspring throughout childhood and adolescence, according to a study published online A...

Apr 12, 2019

(Reuters) - North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform a second-trimester abortion using instruments like forc...

Apr 12, 2019

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) - - Women firefighters, particularly in North America, are less likely to have access to female-specific personal protective equipment an...

Apr 12, 2019

FRIDAY, April 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- From 2009 to 2015, the prevalence of methadone use decreased and buprenorphine use increased among Medicaid-enrolled pregnant women with opioid use disorder,...

Apr 11, 2019

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday women taking Sprout Pharmaceuticals Inc's female libido pill, Addyi, need not completely avoid alcohol. ...

Apr 11, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport Pregnant women are more likely to have complications during labor and cesarean deliveries than during vaginal births, and a new study offers fresh evidenc...

Apr 11, 2019

By Joyce Lee and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday overturned a ban on abortion that has stood for more than 65 years, saying in ...

Apr 11, 2019

THURSDAY, April 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for surgical site infection (SSI) after cesarean delivery is increased for women covered by Medicaid versus private health insurance, according to...

Apr 08, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport Women at average risk for breast cancer can wait to start getting mammograms until age 50 and be screened every other year, according to new guidelines fr...

Apr 08, 2019

MONDAY, April 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Four evidence-based guidance statements on breast cancer screening have been developed by the American College of Physicians and published online April 9 in t...