Apr 05, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport Many women who suffer from menstrual symptoms like pain and heavy bleeding don't tell their families or doctors about it even when it interferes with thei...

Apr 05, 2019

FRIDAY, April 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- There is no clinically meaningful long-term association between pregnancy history and age-related change in cognitive function, according to a study published...

Apr 05, 2019

FRIDAY, April 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 or 3 associated with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV), an immunotherapeutic tipapkinogen s...

Apr 05, 2019

FRIDAY, April 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Although women outnumber men as obstetrician/gynecology clinicians, they still make significantly less money even in subspecialties like reproductive endocrin...

Apr 03, 2019

WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- In women at high risk for late preterm delivery, antenatal treatment with betamethasone is a cost-effective strategy, according to a study published online...

Apr 02, 2019

TUESDAY, April 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Cesarean delivery is associated with an increased risk for severe maternal morbidity, according to a study published online April 1 in CMAJ, the journal of t...

Apr 02, 2019

TUESDAY, April 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Dolutegravir should be considered for antiretroviral therapy (ART) in treating HIV in women of childbearing potential in resource-limited settings, despite i...

Apr 01, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Certain rare childhood cancers may be more common in children conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF), a U.S. study suggests, but pa...

Apr 01, 2019

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by anti-abortion activists to narrow a Planned Parenthood lawsuit accusing them of i...

Apr 01, 2019

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

Apr 01, 2019

MONDAY, April 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Women at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) who are not screened or diagnosed are more likely to experience stillbirth than women who undergo screen...

Mar 29, 2019

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Georgia's Republican-controlled legislature on Friday passed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the United States, outlawing abort...

Mar 29, 2019

FRIDAY, March 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A simple point-of-care urine test can rapidly detect preeclampsia, according to a study published in the February issue of EClinicalMedicine. Kara M. Rood, ...

Mar 29, 2019

FRIDAY, March 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Having a shorter reproductive span is associated with an increased risk for dementia in women, according to a study published online March 28 in Neurology. ...

Mar 29, 2019

FRIDAY, March 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A higher prenatal omega-6:omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid ratio in cord plasma is associated with a higher attention-deficit/hyperactivity diso...

Mar 21, 2019

Abortion is a reliably contentious topic, and social media abounds with longstanding and ongoing arguments between those who self-identify as “pro-choice” and those who identify as “pro-life.”...

Mar 20, 2019

A 2015 study indicates that physician burnout increased from 45.5% to 54.4% between 2011 and 2014, paralleling the rate in my specialty (obstetrics). Medscape’s 2018 OB/GYN Lifestyle Report revealed...

Mar 20, 2019

By Saumya Joseph (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Sage Therapeutics Inc's drug for postpartum depression, marking the first approval o...

Mar 20, 2019

WEDNESDAY, March 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Zulresso (brexanolone) injection has been approved for intravenous (IV) use in the treatment of postpartum depression (PPD) in adult women, marking the fi...

Feb 25, 2019

MONDAY, Feb. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Several unique characteristics are linked with depression at different time points before and after giving birth, according to a study published online Feb. 5...