2013

February

• Program increases contraceptive use in at-risk teens -

• Older women, don’t take vitamin D for bones: Panel -

• Extremely high estrogen levels may underlie complications of single-birth IVF pregnancies -

• German Catholics allow morning-after pill in rape cases -

• Study says IVF does not increase cancer risk -

• CDC Report Sheds Light on Contraception Use -

• Contraception: Condoms Are King, Plan B Takes Hold -

• More U.S. women using the ‘morning-after’ pill -report -

• African-American, Caucasian women should take identical vitamin D doses -

• Anti-Muellerian hormone predicts IVF success -

• Differences in obstetric outcomes and care related to race and ethnicity -

• Around-the-clock labor coverage associated with decrease in C-section -

• Obama offers compromise on birth control health coverage -

January

• Risk of unwarranted pregnancies with morning after pill conscience clauses -

• New OHSU research helps explain early-onset puberty in females -

• Abusive partners can sabotage contraception -

• Mouse menopause model sheds light on UTIs in post-menopausal women -

• Abuse during childhood linked to uterine fibroids in African-American women -

• Herbal treatments for postmenopausal symptoms can be recommended as an alternative to HRT -

2012

December

• Medical abortions are safe: study -

• Menopause quality of life unchanged by soy supplements -

• IVF twin pregnancies riskier than singletons: study -

• HPV Infections May Return to Haunt Older Women -

• New hormone therapy shows promise for menopausal symptoms in animal model -

• New hormone therapy shows promise for menopausal symptoms in animal model -

• What causes hot flushes during menopause? -

• Study links relaxation method to reduced hot flashes -

• Steroid injection linked with significant bone loss in postmenopausal women treated for back pain -

• Vitamin D Tied to Women’s Cognitive Performance -

November

• Hot flashes may return after ending antidepressant -

• Soy unlikely to help hot flashes -

• Prescribe morning-after pills in advance, say pediatricians -

• Daily steps add up for midlife women’s health -

• Therapy can help fearful mothers avoid C-sections -

• Timing of first menstrual cycle may be predictor of cardiovascular disease risk in women -

• Equol-producer status of US women influences soy food effects on menopause symptoms -

• Next-day discharge after C-section may be okay: study -

• Next-day discharge after C-section may be OK -

• Mothers’ age at menopause may predict daughters’ ovarian reserve -

October

• Higher risk of maternal complications/preterm deliveries for women undergoing multiple caesareans -

• During IVF sexual relationships, satisfaction, can suffer -

• Serious birth complications rising in the U.S -

• Simpler colon screen may be enough for many women: study -

• In vitro fertilization linked to increase risk for birth defects -

• An HPV Vaccine Myth Debunked -

• Study shows elevated risk of blood clots in women taking birth control containing drospirenone -

• Infertility: How can the ovulation function be restored? -

• Scientists to EPA: Include women in reproductive health research -

• HPV vaccine won’t make girls promiscuous, study finds -

• Free birth control tied to drop in abortions -

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