Participation in sports by women and girls has increased from 310,000 individuals in 1971 to 3.37 million in 2010. At the same time, sports-related injuries among female athletes have skyrocketed. …read more
Midurethral sling operations for stress urinary incontinence in women have a good safety profile and are highly effective in the short and medium term, with increasing evidence for long-term efficacy. Medscape Medical News …read more
While menopause is commonly considered a risk factor for heart disease, menopausal women had a lower risk of dying from heart attack than men; however, this difference was less pronounced among… …read more
Dr Peter Kovacs reviews a study comparing perinatal outcomes for fertile women, subfertile women, and women who conceived via assisted reproductive technology. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
June 30 would have been the last day of operation for 10 Texas clinics that provide abortion. But on June 29 the U.S. Supreme Court, in one of its final actions this session, said the clinics can… …read more
A new Cochrane systematic review published today of surgery for stress urinary incontinence makes an important contribution to an ongoing debate and will help women to make more informed choices… …read more
Poor sleep is associated with negative mood in women with bipolar disorder, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and University of Michigan Medical School. …read more
Previous studies have shown that men find female faces more attractive when the women are ovulating, but the visual clues that allow this are unclear. …read more
In a new systematic review appearing this week in PLOS Medicine, Meghan Bohren and colleagues of the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research, including HRP, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg… …read more
The EMA’s medicinal products committee confirmed that the injections should be given intramuscularly and recommended the development of new educational materials to ensure proper device use. News Alerts …read more