Women's Health

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston was named the best hospital in the United States for OB/GYN care by U.S. News & World Report.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Female patients had worse clinical outcomes after medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction compared with male patients, according to results presented here.

In a commentary published in Obstetrics & Gynecology, experts from the CDC and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, discussed the clinical implications of the current monkeypox outbreak.

A new study highlights significant burdens and challenges regarding sexual health-related quality of life for women with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Results presented here showed female athletes with femoroacetabular impingement had significant improvements in patient-reported outcome scores and a high rate of return to sport after hip arthroscopy.

In middle-aged women, PTSD was associated with a quicker decline in cognitive function, according to a prospective analysis of the Nurses’ Health Study II, a longitudinal study involving middle-aged female nurses.

Postmenopausal women had a greater burden of white matter hyperintensity — or WMH — compared with men and premenopausal women, as well as a faster increase in WMH, according to a cross-sectional analysis of the Rhineland Study.

Endovascular therapy is now a standard treatment for select patients with severe ischemic stroke to improve the likelihood of functional recovery; yet there remains a paucity of research on outcomes by sex and gender.

Infertility and certain pregnancy complications increased women’s risk for stroke later in life, according to an analysis in the BMJ.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Gina Lundberg, MD, FACC, provides an overview of the Heart in Diabetes CME conference presentation, titled “CVD in Women, Ischemia Diagnosis and Menopause Hormone Therapy.”