Women's Health

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.”

Low levels of serum estrogen and progesterone in middle-aged women were linked to a higher risk for obstructive sleep apnea symptoms, according to a population-based study published in PLOS ONE.

Following the Supreme Court's decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the department’s plans for enabling access to reproductive health care at a press conference.

Menopause should not be treated as a problem to be solved. Rather, it should be normalized, according to an analysis published in the BMJ.

Pregnant patients with systemic sclerosis demonstrate a higher risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preterm delivery, than those with lupus and healthy controls, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.