Practice Management News

As millennial and older physicians can verify, the path to becoming a physician is long and arduous, filled with years of rigorous education, exams and residency training.

OB/GYN residents report a reduced desire to practice or pursue a medical fellowship after their residency in states with more abortion restrictions, according to survey findings published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Although the percentage of female principal investigators in clinical trials has increased in recent years, gender underrepresentation continued to persist, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Women with celiac disease had statistically higher odds of experiencing ovarian dysfunction, irregular menstruation, infertility and other women’s health disorders, according to a presenter.

The overall incidence rate of abortions reimbursed through commercial insurance decreased 14% during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic despite eased regulations, and it did not return to pre-pandemic levels, a recent study found.

NEW ORLEANS — Both new-onset and ongoing untreated hypertension were associated with increased risks for newly diagnosed uterine fibroids among midlife women, according to findings presented at the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.

Health care workers face an escalating mental health crisis that is made worse by increased harassment, according to results from a new CDC Vital Signs report.

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.