Menstrual Cycle

Adults with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome reported that the condition moderately affects their quality of life and causes them to have symptoms about 16 days in a given month, according to findings published in Pituitary.

Levonorgestrel 52 mg IUD reduces blood loss by more than 90% over 6 months among women with severe heavy menstrual bleeding, according to results of a prospective trial published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Women with long or short menstrual cycles are more likely to develop CVD or atrial fibrillation compared with women reporting regular menstrual cycles, but they are no more likely to experience HF or stroke, researchers reported.

Study results demonstrated no associations between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and hospital admission or visit for postmenopausal bleeding and no association with premenopausal menstrual disturbance or bleeding.

Women reported a small increase in the likelihood of greater total bleeding during a menstrual cycle after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, according to an observational study published in BJOG.

Longer duration of ovulation across the life span was associated with a greater risk for epithelial ovarian cancer, according to data published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Data suggest that apixaban, a direct oral anticoagulant, may be preferable to other drugs in its category as it was associated with a lower risk for GI bleeding compared with its counterparts.

Irregular and long menstrual cycles were associated with elevated risk for incident CVD events, primarily CHD, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Two-thirds of women of child-bearing age who began taking anticoagulants for acute venous thromboembolism had abnormally heavy menstrual bleeding in the months that followed therapy initiation, according to data from a prospective study.

Findings from a study published in Menopause suggested that the length of menstrual cycles during reproductive years may predict the severity of menopause symptoms.