Women's Health

Because ovarian cancer is one of the more difficult cancers to diagnose, it is important for health care providers and women to understand how symptoms present, how to mitigate risk and how to prevent disease progression.

In July, the FDA approved norgestrel as the first nonprescription, over-the-counter daily oral contraceptive to prevent pregnancy.

Women with ESKD are more likely than men to face kidney transplant-related disparities, according to a recently published study conducted in the southeast U.S.

Providing iron supplements during prenatal visits improved hematocrit levels and anemia rates and reduced transfusions for acute blood loss anemia among women with Medicaid insurance, researchers reported.

Women who are pregnant and have preeclampsia worry nephrologists like Nityasree Srialluri, MD, MS, because without early detection chronic kidney disease may not be far behind.

It is critical for nephrologists to provide counseling and treatment when women’s health issues intersect with kidney disease. Much work remains.

Biomarker panels specific to different ethnicities may allow health care providers to better assess individuals women’s personal reproductive potential, according to a systematic review published in Reproductive Sciences.

Breast-conserving surgery resulted in high overall and disease-free survival rates among patients with breast cancer who underwent surgery in China, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Black and Hispanic premenopausal women are more likely to experience severe bleeding and other symptoms related to noncancerous gynecologic conditions before undergoing hysterectomy compared with white women.

DANA POINT, Calif. — Clinicians must use a tailored approach when treating women with HF, who have risk factors, biomarkers and manifestations of disease that are often distinctly different from men, according to a speaker.