Women's Health

Accurate information on fertility likelihood after cancer treatment remains an unmet need among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Oral piroxicam administered along with levonorgestrel improved emergency contraception efficacy without increasing the risk for adverse outcomes, according to trial data published in The Lancet.

Lung cancer incidence remained higher among U.S. women aged younger than 50 years compared with men, according to a research letter published in JAMA Oncology.

In a survey sent to women about midlife care, almost half of the respondents reported negative health care interactions. Only 18% reported positive or satisfying health care interactions.

Early contralateral breast cancer development after primary breast cancer for women with certain subgroups of breast cancer was associated with survival in Korean women, researchers reported.

County-level age-adjusted breast cancer mortality rates were higher among women with less access to mammogram screening and also among women with obesity, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

PHILADELPHIA — Midlife women with obesity should be counseled about anti-obesity medications and bariatric surgery in addition to diet, exercise and behavioral therapy for long-term weight-loss success, according to a speaker.

ORLANDO — Most medical students think abortion education should be included in medical curriculum, and many worry about their ability to care for future patients since Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to an expert.

Data from a real-world cohort in Italy show female sex is the only independent variable associated with lower probability of achieving LDL target level for every risk category, regardless of whether the patient is prescribed statin therapy.

Women who reported sleep difficulties or sleeping less than 6 hours per day were more likely to develop hypertension compared with women who slept 7 to 8 hours, with shift work not affecting the association, researchers reported.