Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a draft recommendation encouraging physicians to screen for syphilis in people who are pregnant as early as possible.

ORLANDO — In this video from the AIMed24 Annual Meeting, Marissa Fayer discusses the use of novel AI imaging technology to assist radiologists in detecting breast cancer and cutting costs.

Chewing gum containing xylitol before conception and during pregnancy was associated with reduced preterm birth and low birth weight deliveries for women in Malawi, according to cluster-randomized trial data published in Med.

Laparoscopy may offer perioperative advantages to laparotomy and may be an acceptable alternative for some women with ovarian cancer, but systematic review and meta-analysis findings are limited by inclusion of only observational studies.

Many women with breast cancer struggle with unmet emotional or financial needs, according to research presented at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.

BOSTON — Pregnant women with very severe interstitial lung disease had fewer term deliveries and more preterm births and miscarriages vs. women with a lower disease severity level, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Women diagnosed with a hematologic malignancy during pregnancy had a 22-fold higher rate of severe maternal morbidity than those who did not have blood cancer, according to study results.

More than half of the top videos on TikTok about conception strategies without treatment were not backed by science, with most created by nonprofessionals and content creators for profit, according to a research letter.

Why not just invest in one stock and let it ride? That works well if you bet the farm on Apple in 2010 and watched your fortune explode 30 time during the last 14 years.

Most lipid-lowering medications lack safety data for pregnant and lactating women, complicating management of hyperlipidemia and hypertriglyceridemia, but data suggest statins can be used for those at high risk for cardiovascular events.