Women's Health

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.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold the Mississippi law limiting abortion access in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case on Friday, overturning the precedent set by Roe v. Wade.

Black women had an increased risk for not undergoing biopsy within 90 days after abnormal screening mammography results compared with women of other racial and ethnic groups, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.

Risks for severe maternal morbidity and mortality appeared higher among pregnancies complicated by cancer, according to study results in a research letter published in JAMA Oncology.

An 8-week web-based yoga-Pilates program improved symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and reduced the number of incontinence episodes, according to findings of a prospective cohort study.

Diagnostic mammography performance appeared to vary across racial and ethnic groups, according to study results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

Women with recurrent ovarian cancer experience an average of 14 disease or treatment-related symptoms at any given time over the course of their disease.