Women's Health

A post-hoc analysis of the Twirla contraceptive patch showed that it was well tolerated among women with a BMI of 25 to 30 kg/m2 as well as those with a BMI less than 25 kg/m2, according to researchers.

Echocardiographic and clinical differences by sex in older patients with HFpEF.

The mean age for natural menopause and mean reproductive life span both increased for women during a 60-year period from 1959 to 2018, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

The FDA, citing potential “risks to patients and health care personnel,” said it will waive mifepristone’s in-person dispensing requirement during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

In a meta-analysis, neonatal mortality and maternal and neonatal morbidity rose as the severity of maternal congenital heart disease increased.

A new committee opinion issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists encourages women’s health professionals to acknowledge that trauma occurs and the effect it has on their patients and colleagues.

Women experienced more frequent misdiagnoses of chest pain compared with men, according to a presentation at the virtual European Society of Cardiology Acute Cardiovascular Care Congress.

March is National Endometriosis Awareness Month. The observance was founded by the Endometriosis Association in 1993 and has since become recognized worldwide, according to the association.

Female health care workers had higher rates of mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic than male health care workers, according to study results published in Journal of Psychiatric Research.

During the menstrual cycle, premenopausal women with pulmonary arterial hypertension experience fluctuations in markers of cardiopulmonary function that may be driven by estradiol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate.