Practice Management News

Obesity was linked to an increased breast cancer recurrence risk among postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early-stage breast cancer who were treated with aromatase inhibitors, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

The majority of health systems’ websites were missing information about abortion care, a recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found.

NEW ORLEANS — Rates of vasectomy and tubal sterilization rose in the months after the Dobbs decision removed a federal right to abortion, according to data presented at the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.

NEW ORLEANS — Researchers observed increased ovarian aging among women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, compared with women without the genetic alterations, but decreased ovarian reserve only among those with BRCA1, according to a speaker.

Older women who had 5% or more unintentional weight loss had lower life expectancy compared with women with stable weight, according to data from the Women’s Health Initiative published in The Journals of Gerontology.

Oral piroxicam administered along with levonorgestrel improved emergency contraception efficacy without increasing the risk for adverse outcomes, according to trial data published in The Lancet.

Physicians of all specialties are likely aware of health savings accounts and their use by patients and doctors alike to pay for health-related expenses.

This is the first installment of the Healio | Women’s Health & OB/GYN Nourish to Flourish column, edited by Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES. In future installments, Weiner and Healio will speak with experts to discuss the impact of food and nutrients on women’s health.

Those in academic medical leadership positions tended to be more diverse in primary care compared with surgical subspecialties, according to the results of research published in JAMA Network Open.

Maternal pertussis vaccination resulted in a 66% decrease in pertussis among infants through age 6 months and remained protective for up to 8 months, with no evidence it blunted response to further vaccination, an Australian study found.