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USPSTF recommends counseling to support breastfeeding
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a draft recommendation encouraging physicians to provide counseling that supports breastfeeding to people who are pregnant or who recently gave birth.
Common PCOS treatments do not increase, decrease metabolic syndrome risk
DENVER — For women with polycystic ovary syndrome and overweight or obesity, neither oral contraceptive pills nor metformin altered the characteristic markers of metabolic syndrome, either alone or in combination, researchers reported.
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Many medical trainees report delaying childbearing, express interest in fertility preservation
DENVER — In a survey of U.S. medical trainees, many respondents reported concerns about their or their partner’s future fertility and expressed interest in oocyte cryopreservation, but were unaware of available treatment options.
Frequent prenatal care visits may reduce adolescent cigarette use during pregnancy
BOSTON — Adolescent mothers with pre-pregnancy depression were at higher risk for e-cigarette and cigarette use during late pregnancy vs. those without pre-pregnancy depression, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.
Physicians should ‘remain vigilant,’ warn about PCOS misinformation on TikTok
DENVER — The top-viewed TikTok videos about polycystic ovary syndrome often contain unreliable or misleading medical information, with fewer than 4% of videos created by physicians or other medical professionals, data show.
Most egg donors report satisfaction after donating, openness to meet children
DENVER — Most oocyte donors remain positive about the decision to donate and report a willingness for future contact with the children born from donations, whereas some expressed health and fertility concerns after donating, data show.
Mail-in semen analyses improve compliance, accelerate fertility treatment process
DENVER — Providing mail-in testing for infertility workup improved time to completion of semen analysis compared with traditional testing in a fertility clinic, according to data presented at the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.
Most uninsured adults are behind on routine cancer screenings
Adults without health insurance in the United States reported they did not have a routine medical visit or cancer screening in the past year, new survey data showed.
Prior testosterone use does not impact egg freezing outcomes for transgender men
DENVER — Exposure to testosterone therapy did not impact outcomes related to egg freezing for transgender men who sought fertility preservation treatment, researchers reported.
Utilizing machine learning plus clinical features accurately predicted PCOS
DENVER — A prediction model that integrates machine learning-derived measures of ovarian volume, anti-Müllerian hormone levels and other clinically-derived diagnostic endpoints accurately predicted polycystic ovary syndrome.
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