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Should estrogen therapy be used by breast cancer survivors?
For medicine to advance, entrenched paradigms must yield to new evidence. The widely held belief that menopausal hormone therapy causes breast cancer, and thus should never be given to breast cancer survivors, must be reassessed.
Long-term studies reveal what women can expect during menopause
More than ever before, women today may have more information — and misinformation — about menopause.
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Birth rates similar among women with HIV and general population, induced abortions higher
Rates of childbirth, pregnancy and spontaneous abortion decreased among women with HIV and reached incidences comparable to women in the general population. However, rates of induced abortion increased, researchers found.
Covis Pharma to voluntarily withdraw preterm birth prevention drug from market
Covis Pharma Group has submitted a response to the presiding officer’s report on the FDA advisory committee hearing on the proposal to withdrawal approval for a preterm birth prevention drug, according to a press release.
Higher-fat diet may offset risks of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy
Dietary choices during Ramadan may moderate the associations between intermittent fasting during pregnancy and newborn health, according to study results published in PLOS ONE.
Women lose more quality-adjusted life-years than men because of STDs
Estimates of lifetime quality-adjusted life-years lost due to gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis were substantially higher among women than among men in 2018, researchers found.
Pregnancy after bariatric surgery may lower risks for adverse pregnancy outcomes
Pregnancy after receiving bariatric surgery was associated with decreased risks for preeclampsia, gestational diabetes or impaired fasting glucose and large for gestational age neonates, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
History of thyroid cancer not linked to reduced pregnancy rate for women
Women who were diagnosed with thyroid cancer as adolescents or young adults have no difference in pregnancy rates compared with those who have never had thyroid cancer, according to a study published in Thyroid.
Assistive reproductive therapy shows ‘satisfactory outcomes’ in patients with stable lupus
Assistive reproductive therapy is safe and demonstrates “satisfactory outcomes” in patients with systemic lupus erythematous in stable disease, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.
Risk for preeclampsia elevated with technology-assisted pregnancies
NEW ORLEANS — People who became pregnant using assisted reproductive technologies were twice as likely to develop preeclampsia compared with traditional pregnancy, researchers reported at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.