Cambridge study suggests that UK’s NICE 2015 guidelines for gestational diabetes may miss some women at high risk, particularly those who may have large-for-gestational-age infants. Medscape Medical News …read more
About 50% of all pregnancies in the US are unintended. A new study finds this rate could be reduced by increasing health care training on long-acting reversible contraceptives. …read more
Scientists have developed a prototype microdevice to mirror the inner workings of a human placenta, offering new insight into how it works. …read more
Early age at menarche, or first menstrual cycle, could play a role in the disproportionate incidence of estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancers diagnosed among African-American women… …read more
DXA scans are overused in women at low risk for osteoporosis and are underused in the population that would most benefit. Medscape Medical News …read more
First study to link lower resting heart rate variability with sexual difficulties in womenChances are good that women with a low heart rate variability also suffer from sexual dysfunction. …read more
The use of breast-conserving therapy for women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer rose between 1998 and 2011, a study finds, though there are still barriers to the procedure. …read more
Study results do not support a move to freeze-all policy in IVFAn IVF technique which freezes all embryos generated in an initial treatment cycle and transfers them in a later cycle as… …read more