Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

The addition of concurrent cisplatin to adjuvant radiation therapy conferred no benefit to women with intermediate-risk, early-stage cervical cancer who underwent radical hysterectomy, according to randomized phase 3 study results.

As March Madness in men’s and women’s college basketball kicks off, millions will tune in to watch and bet — with the latter having major ties to the health of both the players and those making bets.

In a cohort of older community-dwelling women, unfavorable sleep patterns were associated with cognitive impairment and higher dementia risk, according to data published in Neurology.

Physicians treating Medicare patients are staring down the barrel of five consecutive years of cuts to their reimbursement rates.

Risk for moderate to severe depressive symptoms during pregnancy varied widely across 20 different racial and ethnic groups, suggesting women from different cultural backgrounds view and report depression symptoms differently, data show.

SAN DIEGO — Household composition and family history influenced concerns and knowledge about pediatric food allergy among expectant mothers, according to a presentation here.

The addition of AK104 to concurrent chemoradiotherapy improved survival outcomes for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer, according to data presented at Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer.

SAN FRANCISCO — Increasing HPV vaccination rates could help decrease the number of cancer cases “attributable to HIV,” according to data from a study presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

Midlife women with repeated episodes of heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding over 6 months were 40% to 60% more likely to report feeling fatigued, underscoring the clinical importance of menstrual history during the menopause transition.