Top in women’s health: Breast cancer screening; early fetal monitoring
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Black women had higher mortality rates due to breast cancer compared with other racial and ethnic groups and could benefit from earlier screening, according to researchers.
“The one-size-fits-all policy to screen the entire female population from a certain age may be neither fair and equitable nor optimal,” Tianhui Chen, MD, PhD, from the department of cancer prevention at Zhejiang Cancer Hospital and the Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Hangzhou, China, and colleagues wrote. “The current situation is an example of what happens when race and ethnicity are not considered in guidelines.”
It was the top story in women’s health last week.
Another top story was about a study that found earlier fetal monitoring among South Asian-born women may reduce stillbirth rates without increasing neonatal morbidity.
Read these and more top stories in women’s health below:
Earlier breast cancer screening recommended for Black women
Compared with other racial and ethnic groups, Black women have high breast cancer mortality at ages 40 to 49 years and could benefit from screening for the disease before the current recommended age of 50 years, according to researchers. Read more.
Earlier fetal monitoring may reduce stillbirth rates without increasing neonatal morbidity
Fetal monitoring from 39 weeks’ gestation may be an alternative to routine earlier labor induction to reduce stillbirth rates among certain women without causing increased neonatal morbidity, according to researchers. Read more.
PCOS incidence remains stable, but age at diagnosis shifts younger
U.S. polycystic ovary syndrome incidence remained stable from 2006 to 2019, but prevalence was almost double prior estimates, according to data published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Read more.
Hormonal contraception-associated depression linked to higher postpartum depression risk
Among women with a history depression, risk for postpartum depression was greater for those whose prior depression was associated with use of hormonal contraception, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry. Read more.
New patient wait times in women’s health 44% longer with Medicaid vs. commercial insurance
Women with Medicaid experienced significantly longer new patient wait times for obstetrics and gynecology appointments compared with those with commercial insurance, according to a national mystery caller study. Read more.