Preventive Health News

Many women skipped important preventive health care appointments in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially if they were from lower-income and minority communities, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum.

The use of virtual reality technology can reduce the pain that patients feel during uncomfortable medical procedures, according to research presented at the European Association of Urology .

Data show that the driving distance from a pharmacy could explain why many women with breast cancer forgo influenza vaccinations.

Pregnant and lactating women who received the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had similar levels of vaccine-induced antibody titers compared with nonpregnant controls, according to new study results.

Offering mammograms to low-income, hospitalized women who are overdue to receive one helps reduce barriers to screening that they may face in the outpatient setting, according to researchers.

Dense breast tissue is a common phenomenon, apparent in half of women who undergo screening mammography.

CHICAGO— Using multiples of median calculations to assess thyroid-stimulating hormone levels among more than 4.3 million women in rural China, researchers found that risks for delivering a baby before term were elevated for both those with low and those with high TSH values, according to data presented at the American Thyroid Association annual meeting.

CHICAGO — Women of childbearing age with diabetes are often not receiving preconception counseling that is recommended by the American Diabetes Association, according to survey data presented at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting.