Women's Health

A new effort from the American Psychiatric Association plans to address mental health professionals’ experience with and attitudes toward treating pregnant women with mental and substance use disorders, and to identify gaps in training.

Middle-aged women exposed to higher levels of the endocrine-disrupting chemical class of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have an increased risk for developing diabetes, according to study data.

A clinic providing around-the-clock women’s health care has opened its doors to the southern region of New Jersey, making it the first of its kind in the area.

During the past 2 decades, Endocrine Today has reported on the latest developments in hormone therapy for symptoms associated with menopause. For its 20th year, the publication is taking a look back.

Younger women with nonmetastatic breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery experienced similar OS as those who underwent mastectomy, according to study results.

Studies on women’s health have primarily investigated reproductive health topics, a trend that increased between 2010 and 2020, researchers said.

The prevalence of hypothyroidism — overt and subclinical — is higher among women during the late menopause transition and postmenopause compared with premenopause, according to study findings.

COVID-19 restrictions led to a 1.2-fold increase in presentation of late-stage breast cancer at an urban safety-net hospital, according to a study presented at an American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting press briefing.

Similar proportions of older women with node-negative and node-positive early breast cancer had Oncotype Dx breast recurrence scores that would qualify them for adjuvant chemotherapy, according to study results.

Black women are 41% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, according to American Cancer Society statistics.