Women's Health

Among women with stress urinary incontinence and endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia or early-stage cancer, concomitant surgeries for both conditions did not improve quality of life compared with cancer surgery alone, researchers reported.

Pregnancies among patients with Sjögren’s syndrome demonstrate “very good prognoses” for both the parent and fetus, and do not reflect an increased risk for adverse outcomes, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

Among premenopausal women in Korea, family history of breast cancer was positively associated with increased breast density and persistently dense breasts over time, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Informed by topics most relevant to cardiometabolic health providers, medical education leader Cardiometabolic Health Congress has announced another iteration of its Women’s Cardiometabolic Health and Wellness Masterclass.

States with abortion restrictions had a greater number of internet searches containing keywords related to self-managed abortions compared with states without restrictions, according to a research letter published in JAMA Surgery.

Although maternal mortality ratios increased for U.S. women of all races and ethnicities from 1999 to 2023, American Indian, Alaska Native and Black women, specifically, had increased risks for pregnancy-related death, researchers reported.

Despite the high prevalence of osteoporosis among postmenopausal women in urban Tianjin, China, most women had no knowledge of the dangers or the importance of early diagnosis and treatment, according to findings published in Menopause.

A surveillance network monitoring maternal, infant and child outcomes tied to medication for opioid use disorder during pregnancy showed different sociodemographics between medication for opioid use disorder and those without, data show.

From a curious child playing with a microscope to molecular physiology professor, Holly A. Ingraham, PhD, leads a career in molecular processes with a recent focus on how endocrine signals shape female physiology.

Katherine Terracina, MD, assistant professor of rheumatology with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, spoke with Healio about rheumatoid arthritis in young adults and how early detection from a primary care physician is vital for the best possible treatments.