Once the New OTC Birth Control Pill Is Available, What About Cost and Coverage? Do health plans have to cover the nonprescription pill? Jul 23, 2023
PPIs Linked to Worse Outcomes With Widely Used Breast Cancer Drug Concomitant use of proton pump inhibitors with palbociclib associated with shorter survival Jul 21, 2023
Hep C Infections in Pregnancy Skyrocketed Over the Past Two Decades Prevalence in pregnant women jumped 16-fold from 1998 through 2018 Jul 21, 2023
Long-Acting Injection Preferred Over Daily Pills for PrEP Cabotegravir wins by a mile to prevent HIV infection Jul 20, 2023
Screen-and-Treat for Bacterial Vaginosis Fails to Reduce Preterm Births However, post hoc analysis suggests possible benefit for one subgroup Jul 17, 2023
Early-Pregnancy Serial BP Measurements Can Reclassify Risk of Preeclampsia BP trajectories improve on prediction using standard risk factors alone Jul 13, 2023
COVID-19 Impaired Fertility Treatments IVF and sperm injections less effective after infection, Chinese researchers say Jul 13, 2023
Most Patients Successfully Self-Manage Medication Abortion, Study Shows Even beyond 10 weeks gestation, medication abortions were largely complete Jul 12, 2023
Block Your Period for Vacation? Ob/Gyns Say It's Safe Doctors frequently counsel patients on menstrual suppression Jul 12, 2023
Whole Genome Sequencing Boosts Diagnosis of Rare Disease in Infants Whole genome scans took longer than a commercially available test, but not for most urgent cases Jul 11, 2023
New CMS Coding Shortchanges Natural-Tissue Breast Reconstruction Elisabeth Potter, MD, on the negative effect on women with breast cancer and their surgeons Jul 11, 2023 video
Wisconsin Ob/Gyn Surrenders Medical License After Patient's Death Victoria Mondloch, MD, was previously disciplined for providing substandard medical care Jul 07, 2023
Maternal Mortality Remains 'Unacceptably High' in the U.S., Study Shows Black women continue to have the highest maternal mortality rates Jul 05, 2023
Dementia Risk Tied to Menopausal Hormone Therapy, Even in Women 55 and Younger But experts disagree about what the findings actually mean Jun 29, 2023
TXA Holds Its Own for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in von Willebrand Disease In phase III study, recombinant VWF not superior to cheaper alternative for type 1 and 2 cases Jun 29, 2023
PET-CT Superior to Conventional Scans for Spotting Distant Breast Cancer Mets Study shows twice as many locally advanced patients upstaged with PET-CT vs conventional staging Jun 26, 2023
Malpractice Lawsuits Over Denied Abortion Care May Be on the Horizon But many hurdles await Jun 25, 2023
Maternal Outcomes at Rural Hospitals Hinge on Delivery Volume Excess severe maternal morbidity in lower-volume rural hospitals Jun 24, 2023
The Dangerous Reality of Pregnancy in the U.S. All states should offer 12-month postpartum Medicaid coverage Jun 24, 2023
Hysterectomy Ultimately Needed After 1 in 8 Endometrial Ablations Ballpark figures of treatment failure suggest rising need for surgery over time Jun 23, 2023
Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk Varies by Molecular Subtype Korean study suggests need for individualized surveillance, optimized use of breast MRI Jun 21, 2023
A Year Later, Doctors Feel Impact of Dobbs Decision 'Every Single Day' "Sometimes, I feel that I am not able to fulfill the Hippocratic Oath" Jun 21, 2023
ENDO 2023 Roundup: More Imcivree Data; Statement on Aging; Novel Hypoparathyroid Tx Some more highlights from the Endocrine Society's annual meeting Jun 20, 2023
Breast Cancer Drugs May Weaken Effects of Weight-Loss Drugs Survivors on aromatase inhibitors lost significantly less weight Jun 18, 2023
Clinicians: Pay Attention to Body Image Concerns in Patients With PCOS The first step is "acknowledging it, supporting, and listening," researcher says Jun 18, 2023
Early Invasive Breast Cancer Now Leaves Mostly Long-Term Survivors Mortality risk has decreased substantially since the 1990s Jun 15, 2023
Could Extreme Heat Make It Harder to Breastfeed? We need more research on the impact of environmental factors Jun 15, 2023
In Wake of Tori Bowie's Death, Doctor Warns Preeclampsia 'Spares No One' "The most important thing is to make sure that women ... do not dismiss their own symptoms" Jun 14, 2023
AMA Delegates Make Short Work of Proposals on Abortion But a bid to add vision, hearing coverage to Medicare lasted longer in the spotlight Jun 13, 2023
Abortion Pill Could Help With Chronic Gynecologic Condition Randomized trial showed mifepristone was safe, effective for pain symptoms of adenomyosis Jun 12, 2023
Breast Ultrasound Recs May Not Be Targeting the Right Women It's not just dense breasts that matter, researchers say Jun 12, 2023
AMA Urged to Do More to Safeguard Adolescent Gender-Affirming Care Association needs to move from passive support to proactive protection, delegate says Jun 11, 2023
States Must Stop Criminalizing Medicine, AMA Delegates Say "This is unacceptable...and it's time for us to push back" Jun 11, 2023
Outgoing AMA President Calls for Unity in the Relay That Is Medicine "Our common cause is to speak out for and to advance our flame," says Jack Resneck Jr., MD Jun 10, 2023
How Vax Skeptics Sow Doubt; Gun Death Every 11 Minutes; 90210 Star's Cancer Spreads Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Jun 08, 2023
Studies Question Role of CDK4/6 Inhibitors in First-Line Advanced Breast Cancer No PFS, OS benefit with first-line versus second-line CDK4/6 inhibition, more toxicity, cost Jun 07, 2023
Nitroglycerin Patches Flop for Cooling Hot Flashes Women saw relief at first, but effect wore off by the end of the trial Jun 05, 2023
How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patientsβ Options for Breast Reconstruction Many believe this would restrict women's options for surgery Jun 04, 2023
New Ovarian Cancer Drug Extends Survival in Resistant Disease "Practice changing" findings for tough-to-treat patient population Jun 04, 2023
