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...

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...