Program increases contraceptive use in at-risk teens • Gynecology news • Feb 28 13 Long after completing an 18-month program designed to teach about contraception and healthy relationships, teenage girls at high risk for unwanted pregnancy were using contraceptives more often and maintaining other… Older women, don’t take vitamin D for bones: Panel • Gynecology news • Feb 26 13 Older women shouldn’t take vitamin D and calcium supplements to prevent broken bones, and there’s not enough evidence to say whether it would help anyone else either, says… Extremely high estrogen levels may underlie complications of single-birth IVF pregnancies • Gynecology news • Feb 25 13 Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified what may be a major factor behind the increased risk of two adverse outcomes in pregnancies conceived through in… German Catholics allow morning-after pill in rape cases • Gynecology news • Feb 21 13 The Roman Catholic Church in Germany said on Thursday it would permit certain types of “morning-after pill” for raped women, after two hospitals provoked an outcry for refusing to… Study says IVF does not increase cancer risk • Gynecology news • Feb 19 13 Women getting fertility treatments can be reassured that in vitro fertilization (IVF) does not increase their risk of breast and gynecological cancers, according to a U.S. study of Israeli… CDC Report Sheds Light on Contraception Use • Gynecology news • Feb 17 13 Two statistics at the heart of the controversy over mandatory insurance coverage of contraception - that 99% of American women have used contraception, including 98% of Catholics - are getting… Contraception: Condoms Are King, Plan B Takes Hold • Gynecology news • Feb 17 13 In the realm of contraception, the condom reigns supreme, but one in 10 have used emergency contraception such as Plan B, according to two reports on the contraceptive methods… More U.S. women using the ‘morning-after’ pill -report • Gynecology news • Feb 14 13 More U.S. women are taking the “morning-after” pill, but generally just once, according to the government’s first report on how the emergency contraception drug has been used since regulators… African-American, Caucasian women should take identical vitamin D doses • Gynecology news • Feb 12 13 African-American women battling vitamin D deficiencies need the same dose as Caucasian women to treat the condition, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine… Anti-Muellerian hormone predicts IVF success • Gynecology news • Feb 12 13 Women with a high concentration of anti-Müllerian hormone stand a better chance of giving birth after in vitro fertilization, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal… Differences in obstetric outcomes and care related to race and ethnicity • Gynecology news • Feb 11 13 In a study to be presented on February 14 between 1:15 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting, The Pregnancy… Around-the-clock labor coverage associated with decrease in C-section • Gynecology news • Feb 11 13 In a study to be presented on February 16 between 8 a.m., and 10 a.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in… Obama offers compromise on birth control health coverage • Gynecology news • Feb 04 13 The Obama administration on Friday sought to settle a dispute with religious leaders over whether employees at faith-affiliated universities, hospitals and other institutions should have access to health insurance… Risk of unwarranted pregnancies with morning after pill conscience clauses • Gynecology news • Jan 31 13 Conscience clauses, which allow pharmacists to opt out of providing the “morning after pill” without a prescription, risk unwanted pregnancies and undermine the principle of universal healthcare… New OHSU research helps explain early-onset puberty in females • Gynecology news • Jan 29 13 New research from Oregon Health & Science University has provided significant insight into the reasons why early-onset puberty occurs in females. The research, which was conducted at OHSU’s… Abusive partners can sabotage contraception • Gynecology news • Jan 24 13 While researchers don’t know exactly how common it is, the nation’s leading group of obstetricians and gynecologists says women should be screened for ‘reproductive coercion.’ When a husband hides a wife’s birth… Mouse menopause model sheds light on UTIs in post-menopausal women • Gynecology news • Jan 24 13 Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, show that reservoirs of uropathogenic E. coli within the bladder exist in higher numbers post-menopause than pre-menopause in… Abuse during childhood linked to uterine fibroids in African-American women • Gynecology news • Jan 24 13 According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported sexual or physical abuse before age 11 had a… Herbal treatments for postmenopausal symptoms can be recommended as an alternative to HRT • Gynecology news • Jan 13 13 Herbal and complementary medicines could be recommended as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for treating postmenopausal symptoms says a new review published… Medical abortions are safe: study • Gynecology news • Dec 21 12 Less than one percent of women getting a medication-induced abortion at Planned Parenthood had a serious side effect or a failed abortion, according to a new study. Researchers found the rate… Menopause quality of life unchanged by soy supplements • Gynecology news • Dec 17 12 Menopausal women who took soy supplements during a two-year trial reported no differences in quality of life compared to their counterparts taking placebo pills, U.S. researchers report. It’s possible… IVF twin pregnancies riskier than singletons: study • Gynecology news • Dec 17 12 Having twins as a results of in vitro fertilization (IVF) carries higher risks of complications for both mother and babies than having two single babies from separate IVF procedures, according… HPV Infections May Return to Haunt Older Women • Gynecology news • Dec 15 12 Reactivation of latent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in older women could obscure an age-related increase in HPV detection at menopause, data from a prospective cohort study suggested. The age-specific… New hormone therapy shows promise for menopausal symptoms in animal model • Gynecology news • Dec 14 12 Investigators at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have concluded research on a new postmenopausal hormone therapy that shows promise as an effective treatment for menopausal symptoms… New hormone therapy shows promise for menopausal symptoms in animal model • Gynecology news • Dec 13 12 Investigators at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have concluded research on a new postmenopausal hormone therapy that shows promise as an effective treatment for menopausal symptoms… Page 7 of 58 pages « First < 5 6 7 8 9 > Last » << Back to main
