Women's Health

Women with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are often on and off antibiotics for years, and even decades, as the only treatment available in health systems for treating UTIs.

Sexual minority populations disproportionately suffer from mental health conditions as well, which could partially impact cardiovascular health, a recent study indicates.

Findings suggest that mice derived from and breastfed by immunized mothers were capable of producing anti- pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) specific antibodies, despite having no direct exposure to PspA.

Tackling racial disparities among health care providers can help improve disparities faced by patients.

Misinformation on YouTube promotes women wiping front to back as a non-evidence-based hygiene practice to prevent urinary tract infection.

Even before the Dobbs ruling overturned country-wide reproductive rights, the oncology field was already facing a dearth of maternal care access challenges.

Limitations on a woman’s options when pregnant and diagnosed with cancer can directly impact her ability to save her own life and preserve her fertility for future pregnancies.

The data were published during Black Maternal Health Week.

The number of female study participants was lower when the last author of the study, usually the head of the lab conducting the study, was a man.

An Independent Data Monitoring Committee recommends stopping 2 phase 3 trials early for efficacy following positive results in November 2022.

Analysis shows that babies of mothers who used drugs while pregnant were shorter at birth and weighed less during the breastfeeding stage compared with non-drug-exposed infants.

A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association notes that the process falls short for those who are not white.

Other health essentials, such as groceries, prescriptions, some OTC medications, are tax-exempt in many states.

Emerging evidence suggests that the risk of maternal mortality was more than 10-times greater among those with COVID-19 infection.

Availability of clinical trials in the gynecologic cancer care space are increasing, but it is important to be mindful of current racial disparities.

Analysis indicates that there was a larger increase of filled prescriptions for individuals who delivered by cesarean birth.

Taken together, the studies point to meaningful changes in the standard of care for patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

The overall survival hazard ratio numerically favored niraparib in the germline BRCA mutation cohort and favored placebo in the non-germline BRCA mutation cohort in patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer.

Women who are pregnant should continue or start treatment with alternative or preferred antiretroviral therapies for viral suppression, investigators suggest.

Pharmacists respond to questions about birth control.

Legal expert breaks down the history of power between federal v. state law and why Dobbs v. Jackson has caused such a stir for the pharmaceutical community.

Improvements in progression-free survival were seen in patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma regardless of mismatch repair status.

Dobbs v. Jackson muddied the waters for pharmacists in strict abortion states, who must make decisions despite misaligned state and federal laws.

For the management of ovarian cancer, it has been observed in both cellular and animal models that curcumin suppresses cell proliferation and promotes apoptosis.

Emotional support greatly improved symptoms of psychological distress from the pandemic among pregnant women.

Without a constitutional right to abortion, mail order pharmacy providers need to consider both the federal requirements and various state laws in how they approach the dispensing of mifepristone across state lines.

Hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection was the only drug approved to help prevent preterm birth, but a confirmatory trial showed no benefit.

Food insecurity was also higher among Hispanic and Black women compared with White women, with 1 in 4 Black women and 1 in 3 Hispanic women reporting food insecurity.

The efficacy of 2 doses against Omicron infection was highest when the second vaccine dose was given in the third trimester of pregnancy compared with the first or second trimesters.

Clinical guidelines suggest screening for cardiovascular risk factors post-partum in women, however, these recommendations are not closely followed, a new study suggests.