Women's Health

In October 2019, the FDA approved emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide as a second option for HIV PrEP in at-risk adults and adolescents but excluded cisgender women from the approval because of a lack of efficacy data.

The immune cells of young and female individuals typically are very potent due to genetic and hormonal factors.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court tomorrow, Oct. 22.

Sexual harassment is common among physicians, but many do not report incidents even though they negatively affect their personal and professional lives, according to research presented during the virtual Women in Medicine Summit.

While pharmacotherapy makes strides in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, experts must recognize how other factors in a patient’s life can affect his or her disease.

Women with osteoporosis are not being identified and treated at sufficient rates, according to a presenter at the 2020 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West.

Research in HF, omega-3 fatty acids, cardiac imaging among women and drug-eluting stents are among the topics of late-breaking clinical trials being presented at the virtual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, an awareness campaign launched in 1999 by Foundation for Women’s Cancer.

Women hospitalized with acute MI and cardiogenic shock may undergo less aggressive treatment and have higher rates of in-hospital mortality compared with men, researchers reported.

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids appeared to have a small but significant beneficial effect on perinatal depression, according to results of a meta-analysis published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.