Women's Health

Rheumatologists can help patients with lupus and other rheumatic diseases avoid potentially dangerous unintended pregnancies by regularly documenting their contraception use, according to a presenter at the 2023 AWIR annual conference.

Post-menopausal women demonstrate a risk for gout that is two times that of women who have not yet reached menopause, according to a presenter at the 2023 AWIR annual conference.

Individuals who underwent gender-affirming mastectomy reported low rates of regret and high levels of satisfaction more than 2 years after surgery, according to a cross-sectional survey study published in JAMA Surgery.

Kidney diseases are biologically modulated by sex and can be culturally modulated by gender. There are well-described sex- and gender-specific differences in the prevalence and prognosis of some kidney diseases, the prototype of which is lupus nephritis.

Midlife women aged 45 years or older with a history of infertility were more likely to experience menopausal symptoms than women without infertility, according to secondary analysis results published in Menopause.

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Women who attempted self-managed medication abortion from 9 to 16 weeks gestation experienced high completion rates, with 23.5% visiting health care professionals to confirm completion or treat complications, researchers reported.

HOUSTON — Women’s various hormonal changes throughout their lifetime can make their diabetes management more complex compared with men, according to a presenter at the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists annual meeting.

Publication of trial results showing reduced cesarean birth and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy risks with elective labor induction was associated with a rise in elective labor induction for singleton, nulliparous pregnancies.

Early menopause and vascular processes may synergistically contribute to increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease in women, according to a poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.