Women's Health

Three SKYLIGHT phase 3 trials demonstrated that treatment with nonhormonal fezolinetant was associated with alleviation moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms during menopause with acceptable safety and tolerability.

Losing the constitutional right to abortion is associated with a 10% increase in mental distress prevalence among women of reproductive age, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Current or recent use of progestogen-only contraceptives was associated with a “slight” increase in breast cancer risk, according to findings from a nested case-control study and meta-analysis published in PLOS Medicine.

Mailing HPV self-sampling kits to women who are overdue for cervical cancer screening was cost-effective in increasing screening uptake compared with usual care, according to an economic evaluation published in JAMA Network Open.

From 2011 to 2018, neonatal Down syndrome diagnoses increased more in states that banned abortion at 20 weeks’ gestation compared with states without such bans, according to a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

The FDA has granted 501(k) clearance and a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments waiver for a polymerase chain reaction diagnostic test to detect sexually transmitted infections in women, according to a press release.

Women who maintained a more pro-inflammatory diet before menopause and in early perimenopause had increased risk for future fractures, according to data from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation.

For medicine to advance, entrenched paradigms must yield to new evidence. The widely held belief that menopausal hormone therapy causes breast cancer, and thus should never be given to breast cancer survivors, must be reassessed.

More than ever before, women today may have more information — and misinformation — about menopause.

Newborn drug testing for low-risk patients was ordered by clinicians more frequently for Black vs. white newborns both before and after legalization of recreational cannabis use, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.