Women’s Health & OB/GYN News

More than one-quarter of sexually active adolescents who accessed care in EDs reported not using contraception, raising their risk for pregnancy, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

While attending a conference in Canada, Sarah A. Bendien, MD, a respiratory physician at Haga Teaching Hospital in The Hague, Netherlands, realized the way asthma and pregnancy care were organized in her home country was not ideal.

Diagnoses of chronic pain increased significantly among U.S. active-duty servicewomen and civilian dependents during a time of heightened employment intensity in 2006 to 2013, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Tisotumab vedotin for recurrent cervical cancer resulted in significantly longer survival outcomes compared with chemotherapy alone, according to results from a phase 3 randomized study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Makeup not only has cosmetic applications, but medical ones too.

Many women aged 75 years and older are aware of the importance of breast cancer screening and desire to continue screening regardless of health status or age, according to a scoping review published in BMC Women’s Health.

Transvaginal ultrasonography triage resulted in misclassification for more than one in 10 Black women, suggesting it is not a reliable strategy to identify Black women at risk for endometrial cancer, according to a diagnostic study.

SAN DIEGO — Contraceptive use did not significantly increase risk of vascular events overall for women who experience migraines, although those who experience migraine with aura had an increased risk, data show.

CHICAGO — HPV vaccination rates for children and young adults increased substantially during the 2010s regardless of gender, race or ethnicity, according to findings presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Women treated for uterine fibroids had greater risks for long-term reintervention after uterine artery embolization, endometrial ablation and hysteroscopic myomectomy vs. abdominal, laparoscopic or vaginal myomectomy, researchers reported.