Women's Health

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.

The HbA1c cutoff for diagnosing women younger than 50 years with diabetes may need to be lower than the cutoff for men, according to study findings.

Previous laparotomic therapeutic endometriosis surgery was associated with longer surgery time, need for adhesiolysis and more intraoperative complications, researchers reported in Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

An intervention consisting of experiential nutrition education and group-based physical activity classes led by local health educators created sustainable positive behavior change, according to an expert.

Women with abnormal Pap or HPV test results who did not undergo colposcopy within 12 months had higher risk for subsequent cervical cancer compared with women who received colposcopy within that time frame, researchers reported.