Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

AI-supported breast cancer screening increased early-stage cancer detection while reducing radiologists’ workload without increasing false positives, but more research is needed before clinical implementation, researchers reported.

Editor’s Note: This is part three of a three-part Healio Exclusive series on maternal and cardiovascular outcomes among Indigenous women living in the United States. Part one can be seen here. Part two can be seen here.

Older parental age at delivery increased the risk for certain childhood allergic diseases in offspring, according to study results.

Published results showed women who used systemic hormonal contraceptives, such as pills, patches, implants, injections and rings, had decreased incidences of ACL injuries vs. women who were not using contraceptives.

Recently postmenopausal women with elevated blood pressure but no other CVD risk factors were more likely to develop white matter lesions 14 years later, regardless of short-term hormone therapy use, data show.

A five-factor risk model effectively predicted 2-year lymphedema-free survival among a cohort of patients with breast cancer, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

American Indian and Alaska Native women have some of the highest rates of maternal death and morbidity in the United States, yet challenges with poor data collection continue to complicate efforts to improve health outcomes.

Women at risk for low milk supply who received an etonogestrel implant as soon as 30 minutes after delivery reported similar breastfeeding success as women who received the contraceptive implant 6 weeks postpartum, researchers reported.

The FDA has approved two new biosimilars of denosumab to treat osteoporosis, increase bone mass, prevent skeletal-related events for people with multiple myeloma and other indications, Samsung Bioepis announced.