Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

CHICAGO — For menopausal women experiencing disruptive, bothersome hot flashes, some relief may come from visiting a snowy landscape by slipping on a virtual reality headset, according to a speaker.

Most physicians and residents report feelings of burnout, while stigma about receiving mental health care remains prevalent, according to a new report from The Physicians Foundation.

Mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis lead to very similar outcomes, so shared-decision making is important for breast cancer screening, according to an expert.

Ovarian cancer care costs are considerable, varying by care phase, age and geographic region, with the highest costs observed at initiation of and end-of-life care, researchers reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The number of congenital syphilis-related stillbirths increased annually from 2016 to 2022 in the U.S. while the proportion of cases resulting in stillbirth remained stable, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

False-positive mammography results discouraged women to return for further screenings, results from an observational cohort study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine showed.

CHICAGO — Menopausal women who participated in weekly cognitive behavioral therapy sessions reported improvements in sexual function and depression and anxiety symptoms, researchers reported at the Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society.

The addition of pembrolizumab to adjuvant chemotherapy improved DFS for certain women with newly diagnosed high-risk endometrial cancer, according to randomized phase 3 study results presented at ESMO Congress.

Saving money at an early age is perhaps the simplest and one of the most effective methods to accumulate wealth.

CHICAGO — A meta-analysis suggests clinical hypnosis is more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy for reducing hot flash frequency and severity for menopausal women, researchers said at the Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society.