Women's Health
Telemedicine requests for advance abortion medication rise after Dobbs
Telemedicine requests for advance provision of abortion medications increased following Dobbs and FDA mifepristone rulings, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
History of infertility tied to midlife women’s cardiovascular health
Infertility history was associated with lower overall and biomedical cardiovascular health scores among women who had a singleton birth, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.
Q&A: US cervical cancer screening, treatment, at-home HPV tests
Vaccination against HPV and routine screening are the primary methods for cervical cancer prevention, and the convenience of at-home HPV tests may increase screening and lower cervical cancer prevalence in the U.S.
Contralateral breast cancer risk higher for women aged 35 years or younger
Women aged 35 years or younger with breast cancer had a higher risk for developing contralateral breast cancer compared with women older than 35 years, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.
Benign breast disease linked to increased breast cancer risk
Women with benign breast disease diagnosed by percutaneous biopsies had an increased overall breast cancer risk compared with the general population, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Surgery.
Parent reminder, health care professional audit increased adolescent HPV vaccination
Implementation of parent reminder/recall and health care professional audit/feedback increased HPV vaccination uptake compared with usual care approaches, according to study results published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Obstetric outcomes unaffected by maintaining TNF inhibition during pregnancy
SAN DIEGO — In patients with chronic rheumatic inflammatory disease, those who continue TNF inhibition during pregnancy have similar obstetrical outcomes as those who cease treatment, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.
Three-quarters of patients in RA remission flare within 3 years of TNF inhibitor taper
SAN DIEGO — Approximately 75% of patients in rheumatoid arthritis remission who taper TNF inhibitors to withdrawal experience a flare within 3 years, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.
Breast density counseling requires improvement to address worries, concerns, questions
Clinician-patient breast density conversations need to address worries, concerns and unanswered questions, especially for Hispanic and Asian women and those with low literacy, according to survey findings published in JAMA Network Open.
Mammography data are ‘practice-changing’ in US for older women with breast cancer
SAN ANTONIO — Women aged 50 years or older who de-escalated to less-frequent mammography 3 years after curative surgery for early-stage breast cancer had similar outcomes to women who received annual mammography.