Menstrual Disorder

Once-daily treatment with a combination of relugolix, estradiol and norethindrone acetate significantly reduced menstrual bleeding with uterine fibroids, according to two randomized studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

In the United States, one in three women undergoes hysterectomy by age 60 years, according to the CDC.

One-third of a cohort of women with hypothalamic hypogonadism met Rotterdam criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome when gonadotropin and estrogen levels were not considered, suggesting the hormones should be measured for every woman with anovulation to distinguish between the two conditions, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.