Do some women feel stigmatized if they are unable to breastfeed?
Breastfeeding has many benefits for mother and baby, which is why it is so highly encouraged. But are mothers who are unable to breastfeed or choose not to condemned for it? …read more
Birth control pill ‘provides long-term protection against endometrial cancer’
Researchers estimate that over the past 50 years, use of the birth control pill has prevented around 400,000 cases of endometrial cancer in high-income countries. …read more
The Pill Has Prevented 400,000 Cases of Endometrial Cancer
Oral contraceptives dramatically reduce the risk of developing endometrial cancer, and have prevented some 400,000 cases, researchers claim. Medscape Medical News …read more
Weight loss surgery benefits for gut microbiome last at least a decade
Weight loss surgeries in patients have recently been shown to be associated with altered gut microbes. …read more
Women, black patients have poorer life expectancy after heart attack
Women and black patients will lose more years of their expected life following a heart attack than white men, according to the results of a new study. …read more
Androgen Levels Fall With Age in PCOS but Don’t Normalize
One message of the case-control study: Many women with polycystic ovary syndrome “who had more obvious hyperandrogenism when younger will lose some of this phenotype as they age,” says an observer. Medscape Medical News …read more
No Benefits for High-Dose Vitamin D in Postmenopausal Women
High-dose supplementation increased calcium absorption but did not translate into benefits in bone density, muscle mass, or falls in a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Medscape Medical News …read more
Unsuccessful fertility treatments not linked with clinically diagnosed depression in women
An analysis of data on more than 41,000 Danish women who received assisted reproductive fertility treatment shows that unsuccessful treatment is not linked with an increased risk of clinically… …read more
High-dose vitamin D supplements might not benefit postmenopausal women
Researchers have found that postmenopausal women taking a high-dose vitamin D supplement derived similar benefits to a group of postmenopausal women receiving a placebo. …read more
Women, blacks face larger loss of life expectancy after heart attack
Differences in life expectancy change may be due to disparities in careWomen and black patients lost more years of their expected life after a heart attack when compared to white men, according… …read more