Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Judy Simon, MS, RDN, CD, CHES, FAND, about nutrition and other lifestyle considerations for women with polycystic ovary syndrome seeking to conceive.

Early postmenopausal women who receive zoledronate every 5 years have a lower risk for morphometric vertebral fractures than those receiving placebo, according to trial findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Breast cancer survivors who harbor BRCA gene mutation are at elevated risk for second primary cancers, according to study results.

Nearly 80% of infants born in a California health system were exposed to nirsevimab or the maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccine in 2023-2024, the first season in which they were available, according to study findings.

Gestational diabetes led to an increased risk for asthma exacerbations during pregnancy among a cohort of women with pre-existing asthma, according to results of a retrospective cohort study.

National support for expanded medication abortion access, including advance provision and over-the-counter availability, rose since the Dobbs decision, particularly among women residing in abortion-restrictive states, survey data show.

Cancer incidence has continued to rise in the U.S. since the 1990s — particularly among women and younger adults, according to an American Cancer Society report.

Men were less likely than women to have weight-loss surgery, and that gap has widened over time, while Black patients were less likely than those of other races to have a procedure, and that gap has narrowed slightly, new data show.

Adjuvant ado-trastuzumab emtansine significantly prolonged survival compared with trastuzumab for certain women with HER2-positive breast cancer, according to long-term results of a randomized phase 3 trial.