Women's Health

Oteseconazole (Vivjoa; Mycovia Pharmaceutical Inc) is the first and only medication for this indication in postmenopausal women and those who do not have reproductive potential.

Triona Schmelter discusses Opill’s availability, pricing, effectiveness, safety, and impact on addressing barriers to contraceptive access.

Women who have longer ovarian function and enter menopause later in life tend to live longer, according to women’s health researcher.

Menopause can have severe repercussions on female health which impact quality of life and health span, according to an expert of women’s health.

The early phase clinical trial, which ended prematurely in 2013 due to funding challenges, further illustrates disparities in health equity in clinical research.

The designation is for all patients with low-grade serous ovarian cancer, regardless of their KRAS status and after 1 or more prior lines of therapy.

There have been ongoing concerns about the long-term effects of prenatal exposure on neurodevelopment.

Omega-3s are important during pregnancy because they can reduce risk of preeclampsia and other negative health outcomes.

Investigators at Duke University and the University of North Carolina determine what causes recurrent UTIs, even after antibiotics cleared the bacterial infection.

Walgreens will start dispensing the abortion pill as soon as a week.

Dietary interventions can reduce the risk of preeclampsia and other hypertensive conditions that occur during pregnancy.

In LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that “extrauterine embryos” are considered children, causing some infertility clinics to halt IVF processes.

In a study, nipocalimab helped more than 50% of patients with high-risk of hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn achieve a safe live birth.

Providing continuity of care with the involvement of midwives also appeared to reduce inequities in care for multi-ethnic patients.

However, different recommendations may actually be valuable, as different countries have different population-based needs.

Supplementation during pregnancy also reduced communication warning behaviors in children who developed autism compared to the children of women who did not take supplements.

Recommendations range from contraceptives to heat therapy to holistic use of spices.

These patients may have a similar genetic susceptibility for type 2 diabetes.

Creating additional space for nursing mothers can be challenging in small pharmacies

Patients should work with clinicians to discuss controlled ovarian stimulation because there is still limited research.

The ampule of digoxin was accidentally taken from automated dispensing cabinet instead of bupivacaine

The results also indicated that stress and blood sugar levels were higher among women who had a college degree and women with a higher income.

The findings show a greater association with less ideal cardiovascular health scores for those who experienced their first infertility before age 35.

These patients may have a similar genetic susceptibility for type 2 diabetes, although they have an individual risk for GDM independent of the risk of type 2 diabetes.

The accepted sBLA comes after phase 3 clinical trial results which demonstrated better overall survival, progression-free survival, and confirmed overall response rate than chemotherapy in patients with cervical cancer.

The results have been highly anticipated, following other studies showing that doxycycline increased protection against sexually transmitted infections for cisgender men and transgender women.

These drugs have interesting mechanisms, unique use, or may support expanded indications in the future.

The study findings have implications for the identification of novel pathways with which to selectively target folate-metabolism blood cancers.

Patients with breast cancer who underwent chemotherapy and skipped RNI did not face an increased risk of disease recurrence or death 5 years post-surgery.

Although PFS was improved in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, OS data were immature, requiring further research.